Shloka 1
कौशल्याया मङ्गलविधानम्
Kausalya’s Benedictions and Protective Rites for Rama
साऽवनीय तमायासमुपस्पृश्य जलं शुचिः।चकार माता रामस्य मङ्गलानि मनस्विनी।।2.25.1।।
sā ’vanīya tam āyāsam upaspṛśya jalaṃ śuciḥ |
cakāra mātā rāmasya maṅgalāni manasvinī || 2.25.1 ||
അപ്പോൾ ആ മഹാമനസ്കയായ മാതാവ് തന്റെ വ്യാകുലത അടക്കി, ശുചിയായി ജലം ആചമനം ചെയ്ത്, രാമനുവേണ്ടി മംഗളകർമ്മങ്ങളും ശുഭവിധികളും നടത്തി.
After your departure, O son, an incomparably huge fire of grief with sighs of exhaustion will burst from my body, fanned by the wind of your absence and fuelled by lamentation and affliction. My wailing tears will be the oblations. My anxiety will be the great smoke rising vapour. This fire of grief will leave me very much emaciated and burn me like fire burns a forest of dead trees or a bunch of dry grass in summer.
FAQs
Dharma is expressed as self-restraint and right action: Kausalyā disciplines grief, observes purity, and performs welfare rites—responding to crisis with constructive, dharmic care.
At the start of the next chapter, Kausalyā begins formal auspicious observances for Rāma before his departure.
Manas (inner resolve): Kausalyā’s high-minded composure and ability to convert sorrow into protective action.