शोचन्त्याश्चाल्पभाग्याया न किंचिदुपकुर्वता। पुत्रेण किमपुत्राया मया कार्यमरिंदम॥ अल्पभाग्या हि मे माता कौसल्या रहिता मया। शेते परमदुःखार्ता पतिता शोकसागरे॥
śocantyāścālpabhāgyāyā na kiṃcidupakurvatā| putreṇa kimaputrāyā mayā kāryamariṃdama|| alpabhāgyā hi me mātā kausalyā rahitā mayā| śete paramaduḥkhārtā patitā śokasāgare||
English Meaning
What am I, O repressor of foes, now to do for her, bewailing, of slender fortune, she that has not profited in the least by her son, and who stands in no further need of his good offices ? Surely my unfortunate mother, Kausalyā, bereft of me, lies down on the ground, overwhelmed with woe, and plunged in an ocean of grief..
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)