Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.1

तथा तु विलपन्तीं तां कौसल्यां राममातरम्। उवाच लक्ष्मणो दीनस्तत्कालसदृशं वचः॥

tathā tu vilapantīṃ tāṃ kausalyāṃ rāmamātaram| uvāca lakṣmaṇo dīnastatkālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ||

English Meaning

At this time Laksmana, sorely distressed, addressed the weeping Kausalyā, the mother of Rāma with the following words suitable to that occasion.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)