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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.52.9
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
2.52.9
kim uvāca vaco rāmaḥ kim uvāca ca lakṣmaṇaḥ
sumantra vanam āsādya kim uvāca ca maithilī
āsitaṃ śayitaṃ bhuktaṃ sūta rāmasya kīrtaya
'What word did Rāma speak, and what did Lakṣmaṇa say, and, Sumantra, once she reached the forest, what did the Maithilī say? Tell me, charioteer, of Rāma's sitting, his lying down, and his eating.'
Words: kim — what; uvāca — spoke, said; vaco — word; rāmaḥ — Rāma; kim — what; uvāca — said; ca — and; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; sumantra — O Sumantra; vanam — the forest; āsādya — having reached; kim — what; uvāca — said; ca — and; maithilī — the Maithilī (Sītā); āsitaṃ — the sitting, how he sat; śayitaṃ — the lying down, how he lay; bhuktaṃ — the eating, what he ate; sūta — O charioteer; rāmasya — of Rāma; kīrtaya — tell, relate
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.