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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.52.14

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

2.52.14

mātā ca mama kausalyā kuśalaṃ cābhivādanam
devi devasya pādau ca devavat paripālaya

'And to my mother Kausalyā, wishes for her well-being and salutation, and (this word): "Lady, tend the feet of the king as you would a god's."'

Words: mātā — mother; ca — and; mama — my; kausalyā — Kausalyā; kuśalaṃ — well-being, good health; cābhivādanam — and salutation; devi — O lady, O queen; devasya — of the king (lit. the lord); pādau — the two feet; ca — and; devavat — as (you would) a god's; paripālaya — tend, guard

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.