Chapter 4 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 4.27

तस्मिन् कालेऽपि कौसल्या तस्थावामीलितेक्षणा। सुमित्रयान्वास्यमाना सीतया लक्ष्मणेन च॥ श्रुत्वा पुष्ये च पुत्रस्य यौवराज्येऽभिषेचनम्। प्राणायामेन पुरुषं ध्यायमाना जनार्दनम्॥

tasmin kāle'pi kausalyā tasthāvāmīlitekṣaṇā| sumitrayānvāsyamānā sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca|| śrutvā puṣye ca putrasya yauvarājye'bhiṣecanam| prāṇāyāmena puruṣaṃ dhyāyamānā janārdanam||

English Meaning

Hearing of the installation of his son in the office of heir-apparent during the influence of the Puşya at that time, tended by Sumitrā and Sita and Laksmana, there stood Kausalya, meditating the (triune) person Janārdana, through suspension of breath.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)