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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.96.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 96: The mothers reach Rāma’s hut. Kausalyā grieves over Daśaratha’s humble offering, the mothers greet Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa & Sītā and the assembly gathers

In the sequence: the other women comfort her and continue to the hut → Rāma bows to all his mothers, who touch him affectionately and wipe the dust from his body

2.96.15

tāsāṃ rāmaḥ samutthāya jagrāha caraṇāñ śubhān
mātṝṇāṃ manujavyāghraḥ sarvāsāṃ satyasaṃgaraḥ

Rising up, Rāma, the tiger among men, true to his word, clasped the auspicious feet of all those mothers.

Words: tāsāṃ — of those; rāmaḥ — Rāma; samutthāya — having risen up; jagrāha — clasped, took hold of; caraṇāñ — the feet; śubhān — auspicious; mātṝṇāṃ — of the mothers; manujavyāghraḥ — the tiger among men; sarvāsāṃ — of all; satyasaṃgaraḥ — true to his vow

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.