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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.52.17

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: he adds Rāma's appeal for Bharata to honor all the mothers and their father, noting that Rāma himself was weeping as he spoke

2.52.17

ity evaṃ māṃ mahārāja bruvann eva mahāyaśāḥ
rāmo rājīvatāmrākṣo bhṛśam aśrūṇy avartayat

Even as he spoke thus to me, O great king, the greatly glorious Rāma, whose eyes were coppery-red like lotuses, shed abundant tears.

Words: ity evaṃ — thus, in this way; māṃ — to me; mahārāja — O great king; bruvann — speaking; eva — even, indeed; mahāyaśāḥ — of great glory; rāmo — Rāma; rājīvatāmrākṣo — whose eyes are coppery-red like lotuses; bhṛśam — abundantly, greatly; aśrūṇy — tears; avartayat — shed, let fall

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.