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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.55.3
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 55: Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha. She fears Rāma will reject Bharata’s former Kingdom even after returning, Daśaratha collapses and recalls his past wrongdoing
In the sequence: Kausalyā asks how her sons and Sītā, accustomed to comfort, can endure forest life
2.55.3
kathaṃ naravaraśreṣṭha putrau tau saha sītayā
duḥkhitau sukhasaṃvṛddhau vane duḥkhaṃ sahiṣyataḥ
“how, O best of the foremost of men, will those two sons, reared in comfort but now afflicted, together with Sītā, endure hardship in the forest?
Words: kathaṃ — how; naravaraśreṣṭha — O best of the foremost of men; putrau — the two sons; tau — those two; saha — together with; sītayā — with Sītā; duḥkhitau — afflicted, pained; sukhasaṃvṛddhau — reared in comfort; vane — in the forest; duḥkhaṃ — hardship, pain; sahiṣyataḥ — will (the two) endure
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.