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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.55.4

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: she contrasts Sītā's former food and music with wild grain and the sounds of predators

2.55.4

sā nūnaṃ taruṇī śyāmā sukumārī sukhocitā
katham uṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca maithilī prasahiṣyate

“That young, dark-hued, delicate lady, used to comfort—how will the Maithilī endure both heat and cold?

Words: sā — she, that; nūnaṃ — surely, indeed; taruṇī — young; śyāmā — dark-hued, of youthful bloom; sukumārī — delicate, tender; sukhocitā — accustomed to comfort; katham — how; uṣṇaṃ — heat; ca — and; śītaṃ — cold; ca — and; maithilī — the Maithilī (princess of Mithilā); prasahiṣyate — will endure, bear

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.