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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.54.5
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: he assures her that Rāma will adapt and that Lakṣmaṇa finds purpose in serving him
2.54.5
tyaja śokaṃ ca mohaṃ ca saṃbhramaṃ duḥkhajaṃ tathā
vyavadhūya ca saṃtāpaṃ vane vatsyati rāghavaḥ
“Cast off grief and delusion and the agitation born of sorrow; shaking off all distress, the Rāghava will dwell in the forest.”
Words: tyaja — cast off, abandon; śokaṃ — grief; ca — and; mohaṃ — delusion, bewilderment; ca — and; saṃbhramaṃ — agitation, confusion; duḥkhajaṃ — born of sorrow; tathā — likewise, and; vyavadhūya — having shaken off; ca — and; saṃtāpaṃ — distress, anguish; vane — in the forest; vatsyati — will dwell; rāghavaḥ — the Rāghava
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.