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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.54.8

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 describes Sītā as at ease beside Rāma, enjoying the woods as she once enjoyed the city gardens

2.54.8

nāsyā dainyaṃ kṛtaṃ kiṃ cit susūkṣmam api lakṣaye
uciteva pravāsānāṃ vaidehī pratibhāti mā

“I mark in her no trace of dejection, not the least; the Videhan lady appears to me as if well used to travels abroad.”

Words: nāsyā — not of her; dainyaṃ — dejection, misery; kṛtaṃ — done, made; kiṃ cit — any, at all; susūkṣmam — very slight, subtle; api — even; lakṣaye — I perceive, mark; uciteva — as if accustomed; pravāsānāṃ — to sojourns abroad, journeys; vaidehī — the Videhan lady; pratibhāti — appears, seems; mā — to me

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.