Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 56: Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile · 2.56.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.56.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 56: Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile. He begs her to stop deepening his pain, she apologizes and says five nights of separation have felt like five years

In the sequence: Daśaratha recalls the time he shot at an unseen target by sound

2.56.1

evaṃ tu kruddhayā rājā rāmamātrā saśokayā
śrāvitaḥ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ cintayām āsa duḥkhitaḥ

Thus made to hear harsh words by Rāma's angry, grief-stricken mother, the king, distressed, fell to brooding.

Words: evaṃ — thus; tu — and; kruddhayā — by the angry (woman); rājā — the king; rāmamātrā — by Rāma's mother; saśokayā — grief-stricken; śrāvitaḥ — made to hear; paruṣaṃ — harsh; vākyaṃ — words; cintayām āsa — brooded, reflected; duḥkhitaḥ — distressed

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.