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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.9

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 77: Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā. The Queens, army, priests, craftspeople and townspeople accompany him, the company camps before the river crossing

In the sequence: Kausalyā, Sumitrā, and Kaikeyī travel with them, hoping to bring Rāma back

2.77.9

dṛṣṭa eva hi naḥ śokam apaneṣyati rāghavaḥ
tamaḥ sarvasya lokasya samudyann iva bhāskaraḥ

'The moment he is seen, Rāghava will dispel our grief, as the rising sun dispels the darkness of the whole world.'

Words: dṛṣṭa eva hi — as soon as he is seen; naḥ — our; śokam — grief; apaneṣyati — will dispel, remove; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; tamaḥ — the darkness; sarvasya lokasya — of the whole world; samudyann iva — like (the sun) rising; bhāskaraḥ — the sun

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.