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)