इयं धार्मिक कौसल्या मम माता यशस्विनी। वृद्धा चाक्षुद्रशीला च न च त्वां देव गर्हते॥ मया विहीनां वरद प्रपन्नां शोकसागरम्। अदृष्टपूर्वव्यसनां भूयः सम्मन्तुमर्हसि ॥
iyaṃ dhārmika kausalyā mama mātā yaśasvinī| vṛddhā cākṣudraśīlā ca na ca tvāṃ deva garhate|| mayā vihīnāṃ varada prapannāṃ śokasāgaram| adṛṣṭapūrvavyasanāṃ bhūyaḥ sammantumarhasi ||
English Meaning
O righteous one, this my mother is aged and famous and of lofty spirit. May she not meet with improper treatment at your hands! It behoves you, O bestower of boons, to show greater honour to her when she shall be deprived of me and be plunged into a sea of grief and afflicted with unprecedented woe.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)