Chapter 13 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 13.7

अपुत्रेण मया पुत्रः श्रमेण महता महान्। रामो लब्धो महातेजाः स कथं त्यज्यते मया॥

aputreṇa mayā putraḥ śrameṇa mahatā mahān| rāmo labdho mahātejāḥ sa kathaṃ tyajyate mayā||

English Meaning

Sonless first, I have obtained the exceedingly energetic and mighty Rāma by great pain, how can I then renounce him?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)