पुत्रशोकं यथा नछेत् त्वया पूज्येन पूजिता। मां हि संचिन्तयन्ती सा त्वयि जीवेत् तपस्विनी॥ इमां महेन्द्रोपम जातगर्धिनी तथा विधातुं जननी ममार्हसि। यथा वनस्थे मयि शोककर्शिता न जीवितं न्यस्य यमक्षयं व्रजेत्॥
putraśokaṃ yathā nachet tvayā pūjyena pūjitā| māṃ hi saṃcintayantī sā tvayi jīvet tapasvinī|| imāṃ mahendropama jātagardhinī tathā vidhātuṃ jananī mamārhasi| yathā vanasthe mayi śokakarśitā na jīvitaṃ nyasya yamakṣayaṃ vrajet||
English Meaning
O you comparable to the mighty Indra, you should so behove with my mother smitten with my separation, that exercised by grief in consequence of my residence in the forest, she may not, renouncing life, repair to the mansions of Yama.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)