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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.96.3

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: at the Mandākinī, Kausalyā points out the place where Lakṣmaṇa fetches water for Rāma

2.96.3

kausalyā bāṣpapūrṇena mukhena pariśuṣyatā
sumitrām abravīd dīnā yāś cānyā rājayoṣitaḥ

Kausalyā, wretched, with a face brimming with tears and drawn with grief, spoke to Sumitrā and to the other royal women:

Words: kausalyā — Kausalyā; bāṣpapūrṇena — brimming with tears; mukhena — with a face; pariśuṣyatā — withering, drawn; sumitrām — Sumitrā; abravīd — spoke; dīnā — wretched; yāś — who; cānyā — and other; rājayoṣitaḥ — royal women

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.