Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.46

भृशमसुखममर्षिता तदा बहु विललाप समीक्ष्य राघवम्। व्यसनमुपनिशाम्य सा महत् सुतमिव बद्धमवेक्ष्य किंनरी॥

bhṛśamasukhamamarṣitā tadā bahu vilalāpa samīkṣya rāghavam| vyasanamupaniśāmya sā mahat sutamiva baddhamavekṣya kiṃnarī||

English Meaning

Kausalyā like a Kinnarī unable to bear this great calamity, anticipating great misfortune and seeing Rāma bound (with a great vow), began to lament in various ways. some

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)