Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.38

मम मातुर्महद् दुःखमतुलं शुभलक्षण। अभिप्रायं न विज्ञाय सत्यस्य च शमस्य च॥

mama māturmahad duḥkhamatulaṃ śubhalakṣaṇa| abhiprāyaṃ na vijñāya satyasya ca śamasya ca||

English Meaning

Not knowing my settled conviction in regard to truth and peace, my mother, Oh beautiful Lakşmaņa, is so disturbed with incomparable sorrow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)