Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.31

इमामन्धां च वृद्धां च मातरं ते तपस्विनीम्। कथं पुत्र भरिष्यामि कृपणां पुत्रगर्धिनीम्॥

imāmandhāṃ ca vṛddhāṃ ca mātaraṃ te tapasvinīm| kathaṃ putra bhariṣyāmi kṛpaṇāṃ putragardhinīm||

English Meaning

And, my son, how will I maintain this blind ascetic mother of yours, proud of her son, who is passing her days in misery?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)