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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.52.12

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

2.52.12

sūta madvacanāt tasya tātasya viditātmanaḥ
śirasā vandanīyasya vandyau pādau mahātmanaḥ

'Charioteer, in my name the two feet of that father of mine—the wise-souled, great-souled one, worthy to be revered with the head—are to be worshipped.'

Words: sūta — O charioteer; madvacanāt — in my name, on my behalf; tasya — of that; tātasya — of the father; viditātmanaḥ — of self-controlled soul; śirasā — with the head; vandanīyasya — worthy of salutation; vandyau — to be worshipped (dual); pādau — the two feet; mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled one

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.