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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.88.2

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 88: Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa. Mineral-coloured peaks, fruit trees and waterfalls relieve his grief, forest life fulfils his father’s command while Bharata rules

In the sequence: Before describing the encounter, the narrative returns to Rāma's life at Citrakūṭa → he tells Sītā that the mountain's beauty relieves his grief over the Kingdom and their absent friends

2.88.2

atha dāśarathiś citraṃ citrakūṭam adarśayat
bhāryām amarasaṃkāśaḥ śacīm iva puraṃdaraḥ

then the son of Daśaratha, resembling a god, showed the wondrous Citrakūṭa to his wife, as Indra, the sacker of cities, once showed it to Śacī.

Words: atha — then; dāśarathiś — the son of Daśaratha (Rāma); citraṃ — wondrous, marvellous; citrakūṭam — Citrakūṭa; adarśayat — showed; bhāryām — to his wife; amarasaṃkāśaḥ — resembling a god; śacīm — to Śacī; iva — as, like; puraṃdaraḥ — Indra, the sacker of cities

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.