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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.52.24

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 says Sītā spoke no word to him; she stood in tears, looking toward her husband and then the chariot.

2.52.24

adṛṣṭapūrvavyasanā rājaputrī yaśasvinī
tena duḥkhena rudatī naiva māṃ kiṃ cid abravīt

The illustrious princess, who had never before known misfortune, weeping with that grief, did not say a single word to me.

Words: adṛṣṭapūrvavyasanā — who had never before known misfortune; rājaputrī — the princess; yaśasvinī — illustrious; tena — with that; duḥkhena — grief; rudatī — weeping; naiva — not at all; māṃ — to me; kiṃ cid — anything; abravīt — said, spoke

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.