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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.7

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Bharata leaves Kekaya. The messengers conceal the crisis, his grandfather and uncle provide gifts and an escort, Bharata departs with Śatrughna

In the sequence: Bharata asks after his father, brothers, and each of his mothers

2.64.7

āryā ca dharmaniratā dharmajñā dharmadarśinī
arogā cāpi kausalyā mātā rāmasya dhīmataḥ

And is the noble Kausalyā, devoted to dharma, a knower of dharma, a seer of dharma, the mother of wise Rāma, free from illness too?

Words: āryā — the noble lady; ca — and; dharmaniratā — devoted to dharma; dharmajñā — knower of dharma; dharmadarśinī — seer of dharma; arogā — free from illness; cāpi — and also; kausalyā — Kausalyā; mātā — mother; rāmasya — of Rāma; dhīmataḥ — of the wise

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.