Valmiki Ramayana 2.95.19: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 95, Shloka 19
मन्दाकिनीनदीदर्शनम्
The Vision of the Mandākinī at Citrakūṭa
इतीव रामो बहुसङ्गतं वचः प्रियासहाय स्सरितं प्रति ब्रुवन् ।
चचार रम्यं नयनाञ्जनप्रभं स चित्रकूटं रघुवंशवर्धनः ॥१९॥
itīva rāmo bahusaṅgataṃ vacaḥ priyāsahāyaḥ saritaṃ prati bruvan |
cacāra ramyaṃ nayanāñjanaprabhaṃ sa citrakūṭaṃ raghuvaṃśavardhanaḥ ||19||
ഇങ്ങനെ—ദീർഘവും യുക്തിയുക്തവുമായ വചനങ്ങളാൽ—നദിയെക്കുറിച്ച് സംസാരിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്, പ്രിയസഹചാരിണിയോടുകൂടെ രഘുവംശവർദ്ധകനായ ശ്രീരാമൻ അഞ്ജനസമമായ ശ്യാമപ്രഭയുള്ള രമ്യമായ ചിത്രകൂടത്തിൽ സഞ്ചരിച്ചു.
Rama, the perpetuator of the Raghu dynasty, describing the river Mandakini at length appropriately in this manner, wandered in the company of his beloved consort on mount Chitrakuta looking black like collyrium.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē pañcanavatitamassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the ninetyfifth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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Dharma is sustained through right companionship and right speech: Rāma’s fitting words and steady conduct show how virtue continues even away from the throne.
The narrator concludes the scene: after praising the Mandākinī, Rāma strolls on Citrakūṭa with Sītā, marking a calm, restorative phase of exile.
Rāma’s dignified composure—he remains a worthy heir of the Raghu tradition while living simply in the forest.
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