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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.49.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 49: The raft across the Yamunā. The brothers build a raft for Sītā, she crosses and prays at the banyan to see Kausalyā & Sumitrā again

In the sequence: they cross and leave the raft behind → at the banyan, Sītā prays to see Kausalyā and Sumitrā again and walks around the tree

2.49.13

kausalyāṃ caiva paśyeyaṃ sumitrāṃ ca yaśasvinīm
iti sītāñjaliṃ kṛtvā paryagachad vanaspatim

'May I see Kausalyā again, and the illustrious Sumitrā'—so saying, Sītā made an añjali and circumambulated the great tree.

Words: kausalyāṃ — Kausalyā; caiva — and; paśyeyaṃ — may I see; sumitrāṃ — Sumitrā; ca — and; yaśasvinīm — the illustrious; iti — thus (saying); sītāñjaliṃ — Sītā an añjali (of joined palms); kṛtvā — having made; paryagachad — circumambulated, went around; vanaspatim — the lord of the forest, the great tree

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.