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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.96.17

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: Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā also greet them

2.96.17

saumitrir api tāḥ sarvā mātṝh saṃprekṣya duḥkhitaḥ
abhyavādayatāsaktaṃ śanai rāmād anantaram

Saumitri too, grieved, beholding all those mothers, saluted them without pause, gently, right after Rāma had done so.

Words: saumitrir — Saumitri; api — too; tāḥ sarvā — all those; mātṝh — the mothers; saṃprekṣya — beholding; duḥkhitaḥ — grieved; abhyavādayatāsaktaṃ — saluted continuously; śanai — gently; rāmād — after Rāma; anantaram — immediately after

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.