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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.42.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma. Families reproach the men for returning without Rāma and imagine abandoning Kaikeyī’s Kingdom to join him

In the sequence: some urge another attempt to follow, proposing that the men serve Rāma and the women attend Sītā

2.42.15

vayaṃ paricariṣyāmaḥ sītāṃ yūyaṃ tu rāghavam
iti paurastriyo bhartṝn duḥkhārtās tat tad abruvan

'We shall wait upon Sītā, and you upon Rāghava'—thus the townswomen, stricken with grief, said this and that to their husbands.

Words: vayaṃ — we; paricariṣyāmaḥ — we shall serve, attend; sītāṃ — Sītā; yūyaṃ — you; tu — and, but; rāghavam — Rāghava; iti — thus; paurastriyo — the townswomen; bhartṝn — to their husbands; duḥkhārtās — grief-stricken; tat — this; tad — and that; abruvan — said

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.