Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.1

तं समीक्ष्य व्यवसितं पितुर्निर्देशपालने। कौसल्या बाष्पसंरुद्धा वचो धर्मिष्ठमब्रवीत्॥

taṃ samīkṣya vyavasitaṃ piturnirdeśapālane| kausalyā bāṣpasaṃruddhā vaco dharmiṣṭhamabravīt||

English Meaning

Seeing Räma determined upon carrying out his father's behest's, Kausalya with her voice choked with vapour begot of tears, spoke to him the following pious words.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)