Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.7

सदा ते जननीतुल्यां वृत्तिं वहति राघवः॥ तस्यैवं त्वमनर्थाय किंनिमित्तमिहोद्यता।

sadā te jananītulyāṃ vṛttiṃ vahati rāghavaḥ|| tasyaivaṃ tvamanarthāya kiṃnimittamihodyatā|

English Meaning

Rāghava ever serve you as a mother. Why you are then bent upon wronging him?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)