Chapter 4 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 4.30

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु कौसल्या चिरकालाभिकासितम्। हर्षबाष्पाकुलं वाक्यमिदं राममभाषत ॥

etacchrutvā tu kausalyā cirakālābhikāsitam| harṣabāṣpākulaṃ vākyamidaṃ rāmamabhāṣata ||

English Meaning

Hearing of that for which she had ever wished, Kausalya, her voice choking with the vapour begot of delight, addressed Rāma, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)