Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.41

प्रत्यगारमिवायान्ती सवत्सा वत्सकारणात्। बद्धवत्सा यथा धेनू राममाताभ्यधावत।॥

pratyagāramivāyāntī savatsā vatsakāraṇāt| baddhavatsā yathā dhenū rāmamātābhyadhāvata|||

English Meaning

Rāma's mother rushed after him like a cow having a calf which has been fettered, rushing towards the fold, for the purpose of seeing it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)