Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.10

तथा ज्येष्ठा हि मे माता कौसल्या दीर्घदर्शिनी। त्वयि धर्म समास्थाय भगिन्यामिव वर्तते॥

tathā jyeṣṭhā hi me mātā kausalyā dīrghadarśinī| tvayi dharma samāsthāya bhaginyāmiva vartate||

English Meaning

In the same way, my eldest mother, the farsighted Kausalyā, doing her duties by you, bears herself like a sister.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)