Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.13

एवमुक्तस्तु वचनं रामो धर्मभृतां वरः। भूयस्तामब्रवीद् वाक्यं मातरं भृशदुःखिताम्॥

evamuktastu vacanaṃ rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ| bhūyastāmabravīd vākyaṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitām||

English Meaning

Rāma, the foremost amongst religious men, being spoken thus, said to his mother, who was greatly disturbed with sorrow, again in the following strain.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)