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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.8

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

2.64.8

kaccit sumitrā dharmajñā jananī lakṣmaṇasya yā
śatrughnasya ca vīrasya sārogā cāpi madhyamā

Is the middle mother Sumitrā, knower of dharma, who is the mother of Lakṣmaṇa and of heroic Śatrughna, also free from illness?

Words: kaccit — is it that; sumitrā — Sumitrā; dharmajñā — knower of dharma; jananī — the mother; lakṣmaṇasya — of Lakṣmaṇa; yā — who; śatrughnasya — of Śatrughna; ca — and; vīrasya — the heroic; sārogā — she (is) free from illness; cāpi — and also; madhyamā — the middle (queen)

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.