यथा च मन्ये दुर्जीवमेवं न सुकरं ध्रुवम्। आच्छिद्य पुत्रे निर्याते कौसल्या यत्र जीवति॥
yathā ca manye durjīvamevaṃ na sukaraṃ dhruvam| ācchidya putre niryāte kausalyā yatra jīvati||
English Meaning
Surely life is miserable, yet is incapable of being renounced, since, although her son leaving (the installation) has gone away, yet Kausalyā still lives.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)