Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.30

दत्ता चास्मीष्टवद्देव्यै ज्येष्ठायै पुण्यकर्मणे। तया सम्भाविता चास्मि स्निग्धया मातृसौहृदात्॥

dattā cāsmīṣṭavaddevyai jyeṣṭhāyai puṇyakarmaṇe| tayā sambhāvitā cāsmi snigdhayā mātṛsauhṛdāt||

English Meaning

Consigned to the pious eldest noble one (queen), desirous of having offspring, I was brought up by that mild lady, with the tenderness of a mother.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)