Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.27

नन्वहं तेऽप्रियः पुत्र मातरं पश्य धार्मिकीम्। किं च नालिङ्गसे पुत्र सुकुमार वचो वद॥

nanvahaṃ te'priyaḥ putra mātaraṃ paśya dhārmikīm| kiṃ ca nāliṅgase putra sukumāra vaco vada||

English Meaning

If, my son, you do not feel kindly to me, do you look up to your virtuous mother. And why, O son, do you not embrace me? Do you speak tender words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)