Chapter 74 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 74.21

मम कायात् प्रसूतौ हि दुःखितौ भारपीडितौ। यौ दृष्ट्वा परितप्येऽहं नास्ति पुत्रसमः प्रियः॥

mama kāyāt prasūtau hi duḥkhitau bhārapīḍitau| yau dṛṣṭvā paritapye'haṃ nāsti putrasamaḥ priyaḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing those that have been born of my body, cast down and in trouble, I grieve: there is none that is dear like to a son.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)