Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.19

नूनं जात्यन्तरे तात स्त्रियः पुत्रैर्वियोजिताः। जनन्या मम सौमित्रे तदद्यैतदुपस्थितम्॥

nūnaṃ jātyantare tāta striyaḥ putrairviyojitāḥ| jananyā mama saumitre tadadyaitadupasthitam||

English Meaning

Surely, O child, in a former birth, women were bereft of their sons by my mother, O son of Sumitrā; and it is for this that this misfortune has befallen her.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)