Shloka 2.44.27
सुमित्रोपदेशः — Sumitra’s Consolation to Kausalya
अभिवादयमानं तं दृष्ट्वा ससुहृदं सुतम्।मुदाऽश्रृ मोक्ष्यसे क्षिप्रं मेघलेखेव वार्षिकी।।।।
abhivādayamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa-suhṛdaṃ sutam | mudā ’śru mokṣyase kṣipraṃ meghalekheva vārṣikī ||
Seeing your son—surrounded by his friends—bowing to you in reverence, you will soon shed tears of joy, like a monsoon cloud streaked with lines, releasing rain.
Like a flake of cloud in monsoon, you are going to shed tears of joy soon seeing your son along with his friends bowing to you in reverence.
Dharma is sustained by hope and right expectation: the righteous path leads to auspicious outcomes, and reverence to parents is portrayed as a hallmark of dharmic life.
Sumitrā paints a reassuring future scene to lift Kausalyā’s grief—Rāma returning and honoring his mother.
Filial reverence (mātṛ-bhakti) and humility—Rāma’s respectful salutation to his mother.