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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.20

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return. Rāma fears for his parents and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return, Lakṣmaṇa refuses to leave him and steadies his resolve

In the sequence: he reproaches himself for bringing his mother sorrow when she had expected happiness from him

2.47.20

mayā hi cirapuṣṭena duḥkhasaṃvardhitena ca
viprāyujyata kausalyā phalakāle dhig astu mām

For Kausalyā has been parted, just at the time of harvest, from me whom she nourished so long and reared through hardship — a curse upon me!

Words: mayā — from me; hi — for; cirapuṣṭena — long-nourished; duḥkhasaṃvardhitena ca — and reared through hardship; viprāyujyata — was parted, separated; kausalyā — Kausalyā; phalakāle — at the time of fruition; dhig astu — let there be a curse; mām — upon me

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.