Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.8

कौसल्या च सुमित्रा च पुत्रशोकाभिपीडिते। . दुष्करं यदि जीवेतां प्राप्य त्वां जननी मम॥

kausalyā ca sumitrā ca putraśokābhipīḍite| . duṣkaraṃ yadi jīvetāṃ prāpya tvāṃ jananī mama||

English Meaning

Afflicted with grief for their son, even if Kausalya and Sumitrā live, it will be hard for them to do so in the presence of you, my mother.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)