Chapter 48 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 48.29

तदा स्त्रियो रामनिमित्तमातुरा यथा सुते भ्रातरि वा विवासिते। विलप्य दीना रुरुदुर्विचेतसः सुतैर्हितासापधिकोऽपि सोऽभवत्॥

tadā striyo rāmanimittamāturā yathā sute bhrātari vā vivāsite| vilapya dīnā rurudurvicetasaḥ sutairhitāsāpadhiko'pi so'bhavat||

English Meaning

Distressed for the sake of Rāma as if it was a was son or a brother of theirs that was banished, the women weeping forlorn, lamented with senses lost; and Rāma was to them more than a son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)