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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.52.25

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.

2.52.25

udvīkṣamāṇā bhartāraṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā
mumoca sahasā bāṣpaṃ māṃ prayāntam udīkṣya sā

Gazing up at her husband, her face growing parched, she, on seeing me depart, suddenly burst into tears.

Words: udvīkṣamāṇā — gazing up at; bhartāraṃ — husband; mukhena — with her face; pariśuṣyatā — growing dry, parched; mumoca — shed, let fall; sahasā — suddenly; bāṣpaṃ — tears; māṃ — me; prayāntam — departing, going away; udīkṣya — having seen, looking at; sā — she

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.