Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.19

स मातरमुपक्रान्तामुपसंगृह्य राघवः। परिष्वक्तश्च बाहुभ्यामवघ्रातश्च मूर्धनि॥

sa mātaramupakrāntāmupasaṃgṛhya rāghavaḥ| pariṣvaktaśca bāhubhyāmavaghrātaśca mūrdhani||

English Meaning

Seeing his mother approach, Rāghava bowed low, and (Kausalyā) embracing him in her arms smelt his head.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)