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)