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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.96.5

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

2.96.5

itaḥ sumitre putras te sadā jalam atandritaḥ
svayaṃ harati saumitrir mama putrasya kāraṇāt

From here, Sumitrā, your son Saumitri, never slack, ever fetches water himself for the sake of my son.

Words: itaḥ — from here; sumitre — O Sumitrā; putras — son; te — your; sadā — always; jalam — water; atandritaḥ — untiring, unwearied; svayaṃ — himself; harati — fetches, carries; saumitrir — Saumitri; mama — my; putrasya — son's; kāraṇāt — for the sake of

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.