स बद्ध इव पाशेन किशोरो मातरं यथा। धर्मपाशेन संयुक्तः प्रकाशं नाभ्युदैक्षत॥
sa baddha iva pāśena kiśoro mātaraṃ yathā| dharmapāśena saṃyuktaḥ prakāśaṃ nābhyudaikṣata||
English Meaning
As a colt fastened in a snare cannot see its mother, so Rāma fastened in the bonds of virtue could not look at his mother openly.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)