समाप्रतिमवृत्ताया लोकधारणकाम्यया। श्रीमत्या गुणमुख्यायाः स्वभावपरिचेष्टया॥ यस्याः पुत्रसहस्राणि सापि शोचति कामधुक् । किं पुनर्या विना रामं कौसल्या वर्तयिष्यति॥
samāpratimavṛttāyā lokadhāraṇakāmyayā| śrīmatyā guṇamukhyāyāḥ svabhāvapariceṣṭayā|| yasyāḥ putrasahasrāṇi sāpi śocati kāmadhuk | kiṃ punaryā vinā rāmaṃ kausalyā vartayiṣyati||
English Meaning
Even that one yielding whatever is asked, auspicious, crowned with the choicest virtues,। although having all natural functions, showing equal kindness to all, and of unequalled character, who maintain all creatures, she who has a thousand sons, grieves (for her sons). How can then Kausalyā carry on existence without Rāma?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)