यदि पुत्र न जायेथा मम शोकाय राघव। न स्म दुःखमतो भूयः पश्येयमहमप्रजाः॥
yadi putra na jāyethā mama śokāya rāghava| na sma duḥkhamato bhūyaḥ paśyeyamahamaprajāḥ||
English Meaning
Oh! my son, Oh! Rāghava, had you not been born for my grief I would have been sonless only, but would not have been subject to this greater grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)