Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.24

तदिदं ह्यन्यथाभूतं व्यवदीर्णं मनो मम। पितरं यो न पश्यामि नित्यं प्रियहिते रतम्॥

tadidaṃ hyanyathābhūtaṃ vyavadīrṇaṃ mano mama| pitaraṃ yo na paśyāmi nityaṃ priyahite ratam||

English Meaning

But it has fallen out otherwise. That I do not behold my father ever engaged in the dear welfare (of his subjects) cleaves my heart mother.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)