Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.8

यथा निगदितं मात्रा तद् वाक्यं पुरुषर्षभः। श्रुत्वा रामोऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं मातरं भृशदुःखिताम्॥

yathā nigaditaṃ mātrā tad vākyaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ| śrutvā rāmo'bravīd vākyaṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitām||

English Meaning

Hearing those words of his mother, Rāma that best of men, spoke the following words to her, who was greatly troubled with sorrow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)