Chapter 74 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 74.22

यस्याः पुत्रसहस्रेस्तु कृत्स्नं व्याप्तमिदं जगत्। तां दृष्ट्वा रुदतीं शक्रो न सुतान् मन्यते परम्॥

yasyāḥ putrasahasrestu kṛtsnaṃ vyāptamidaṃ jagat| tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rudatīṃ śakro na sutān manyate param||

English Meaning

Seeing her the whole earth is filled with whose sons by thousands, weeping, Indra understood that none is an object of greater affection than a son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)