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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.96.19

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

2.96.19

sītāpi caraṇāṃs tāsām upasaṃgṛhya duḥkhitā
śvaśrūṇām aśrupūrṇākṣī sā babhūvāgrataḥ sthitā

Sītā too, grieved, having clasped the feet of those mothers-in-law, her eyes brimming with tears, stood before them.

Words: sītāpi — Sītā too; caraṇāṃs — the feet; tāsām — of those; upasaṃgṛhya — having clasped; duḥkhitā — grieved; śvaśrūṇām — of the mothers-in-law; aśrupūrṇākṣī — with eyes full of tears; sā — she; babhūvāgrataḥ — was in front; sthitā — standing

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.