Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.20

मया हि चिरपुष्टेन दुःखसंवर्धितेन च। विप्रयुज्यत कौसल्या फलकाले धिगस्तु माम्॥

mayā hi cirapuṣṭena duḥkhasaṃvardhitena ca| viprayujyata kausalyā phalakāle dhigastu mām||

English Meaning

Having been brought up and reared with great pains by Kausalyä, I have left her at the time when her labours ought to have borne fruit, Fie on me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)