Chapter 43 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 43.17

साहं गौरिव सिंहेन विवत्सा वत्सला कृता। कैकेय्या पुरुषव्याघ्र बालवत्सेव गौर्बलात्॥

sāhaṃ gauriva siṃhena vivatsā vatsalā kṛtā| kaikeyyā puruṣavyāghra bālavatseva gaurbalāt||

English Meaning

And it is for this sin that, О foremost of men, have I, attached to my son, been forcibly deprived of him by Kaikeyi, like a cow deprived of her calf by a lion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)