Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.22

मन्ये प्रीतिविशिष्टा सा मत्तोलक्ष्मण सारिका। यत्तस्याः श्रूयते वाक्यं शुक पादमरेर्दश॥

manye prītiviśiṣṭā sā mattolakṣmaṇa sārikā| yattasyāḥ śrūyate vākyaṃ śuka pādamarerdaśa||

English Meaning

O Laksmana, I consider my mother's female parrot as more sharing her affection, since she is heard to say, 'O Śuka, do you bite the foot of the foe?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)