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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.54.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 54: Sumantra comforts Kausalyā. He describes Lakṣmaṇa’s service and Sītā’s curiosity about the forest, but Kausalyā’s grief persists

In the sequence: she has been asking about settlements, rivers, and trees along the way

2.54.12

pathi pṛcchati vaidehī grāmāṃś ca nagarāṇi ca
gatiṃ dṛṣṭvā nadīnāṃ ca pādapān vividhān api

“Along the way the Videhan lady would ask about villages and cities, gazing at the course of the rivers and at trees of many kinds.”

Words: pathi — on the way, path; pṛcchati — asks, inquires; vaidehī — the Videhan lady; grāmāṃś — villages; ca — and; nagarāṇi — cities, towns; ca — and; gatiṃ — the course, flow; dṛṣṭvā — having seen, gazing at; nadīnāṃ — of the rivers; ca — and; pādapān — trees; vividhān — various; api — also

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.