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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.40

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka. Daśaratha fixes the ceremony for the next day while Bharata is away, Rāma & Sītā must fast and sleep on darbha

In the sequence: Kausalyā blesses him, delighted that her prayers have borne fruit

2.4.40

kalyāṇe bata nakṣatre mayi jāto 'si putraka
yena tvayā daśaratho guṇair ārādhitaḥ pitā

Under an auspicious star, indeed, were you born of me, my dear boy — you by whom, through your virtues, your father Daśaratha has been won over.

Words: kalyāṇe — auspicious; bata — indeed, ah; nakṣatre — under a star, asterism; mayi — of me, in me; jāto 'si — you were born; putraka — my dear boy; yena tvayā — by which you; daśaratho — Daśaratha; guṇair — by virtues; ārādhitaḥ — won over, propitiated; pitā — the father

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.