Saying this Kausalyā, the foremost of all women, having expansive eyes, placed the grains on Rāma's head; sprinkled his body with fragrant substances, and tied to his hands, as amulet, twigs of such auspicious plants as Viśalyakaraṇī, with due mental repetition of mantras.
इति पुत्रस्य शेषाश्च कृत्वा शिरसि भामिनी। गन्धैश्चापि समालभ्य राममायतलोचना॥ औषधी च सुसिद्धार्था विशल्यकरणीं शुभाम्। चकार रक्षां कौसल्या मन्त्रैरभिजजाप च॥