Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 89: Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī · 2.89.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.89.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 89: Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī. He urges her to bathe and regard the mountain as Ayodhyā, the river as Sarayū and its animals as citizens

In the sequence: Descending from the mountain, Rāma shows Sītā the river, its waterbirds, flowers, and tree-lined banks

2.89.1

atha śailād viniṣkramya maithilīṃ kosaleśvaraḥ
adarśayac chubhajalāṃ ramyāṃ mandākinīṃ nadīm

Then, descending from the mountain, the lord of Kosala (Rāma) showed the Maithilī (Sītā) the lovely river Mandākinī with its pure waters.

Words: atha — then; śailād — from the mountain; viniṣkramya — having come out, descended; maithilīṃ — to the Maithilī (Sītā); kosaleśvaraḥ — the lord of Kosala; adarśayac — showed; chubhajalāṃ — with pure, bright waters; ramyāṃ — lovely; mandākinīṃ — the Mandākinī; nadīm — river

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.