Chapter 104 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 104.22

तां परिष्वज्य दुःखार्ता माता दुहितरं यथा। वनवासकृतां दीनां कौसल्या वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥

tāṃ pariṣvajya duḥkhārtā mātā duhitaraṃ yathā| vanavāsakṛtāṃ dīnāṃ kausalyā vākyamabravīt||

English Meaning

Embracing that woeful one in banishment, even as a mother does her daughter, Kausalya, smitten with grief, said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)