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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.54.14

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

2.54.14

sadṛśaṃ śatapatrasya pūrṇacandropamaprabham
vadanaṃ tadvadānyāyā vaidehyā na vikampate

“The face of that generous Videhan lady, like a lotus of a hundred petals and shining like the full moon, does not quiver.”

Words: sadṛśaṃ — like, resembling; śatapatrasya — of the hundred-petalled (lotus); pūrṇacandropamaprabham — with splendour like the full moon; vadanaṃ — the face; tadvadānyāyā — of that generous (lady); vaidehyā — of the Videhan lady; na — not; vikampate — quivers, trembles

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.