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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.52.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 52: Sumantra reports the farewells. Rāma asks Bharata to care for the family, Lakṣmaṇa condemns the banishment and Sītā stands silently in tears

In the sequence: Sumantra conveys Rāma's respectful greetings to his father and the Queens, and his request that Kausalyā care for Daśaratha

2.52.11

abravīn māṃ mahārāja dharmam evānupālayan
añjaliṃ rāghavaḥ kṛtvā śirasābhipraṇamya ca

'Upholding dharma, O great king, Rāghava, having made an añjali and bowed his head, said to me:'

Words: abravīn — said; māṃ — to me; mahārāja — O great king; dharmam — dharma; evānupālayan — indeed upholding; añjaliṃ — an añjali (folded palms); rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; kṛtvā — having made; śirasābhipraṇamya — having bowed with his head; ca — and

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.