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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.52.8

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 asks what each of them said at their parting

2.52.8

siddhārthaḥ khalu sūta tvaṃ yena dṛṣṭau mamātmajau
vanāntaṃ praviśantau tāv aśvināv iva mandaram

'Your purpose is surely fulfilled, charioteer, in that you saw my two sons entering the forest's edge, like the two Aśvins entering Mandara.'

Words: siddhārthaḥ — one whose purpose is fulfilled; khalu — surely; sūta — O charioteer; tvaṃ — you; yena — in that, by which; dṛṣṭau — seen; mamātmajau — my two sons; vanāntaṃ — the edge of the forest; praviśantau — entering; tāv — those two; aśvināv — the two Aśvins; iva — like; mandaram — Mandara (mountain)

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.