सर्गः १७
In which Rāma finds Kausalyā worshipping Viṣṇu for his crowning, announces fourteen forest years, and lifts his fainting mother
Rāma passes elders Brāhmaṇas and gate women — Women announce Rāma to worshipping Kausalyā — Kausalyā greets Rāma and foretells consecration — Rāma announces fourteen-year forest exile — Rāma lifts fallen plantain-like mother — Kausalyā wishes childlessness over such grief — Kausalyā dreads neglect under Kaikēyī rule — Kausalyā laments vain fasts vows and austerities