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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.54.13

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

2.54.13

adhvanā vāta vegena saṃbhrameṇātapena ca
na hi gacchati vaidehyāś candrāṃśusadṛśī prabhā

“Through the journey, the force of the wind, the flurry and the sun's heat, the moonbeam-like radiance of the Videhan lady does not fade.”

Words: adhvanā — by the journey, road; vāta — wind; vegena — by the force of; saṃbhrameṇātapena — by the flurry and the heat; ca — and; na — not; hi — for, indeed; gacchati — goes (away), fades; vaidehyāś — of the Videhan lady; candrāṃśusadṛśī — like a moonbeam; prabhā — radiance, splendour

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.