Chapter 74 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 74.25

एकपुत्रा च साध्वी च विवत्सेयं त्वया कृता। तस्मात् त्वं सततं दुःखं प्रेत्य चेह च लप्स्यसे ॥

ekaputrā ca sādhvī ca vivatseyaṃ tvayā kṛtā| tasmāt tvaṃ satataṃ duḥkhaṃ pretya ceha ca lapsyase ||

English Meaning

Chaste and having an only son, that lady has through you been separated from her son, (like a cow separated from her calf). For this, you will always have to suffer misery alike in this world and the next.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)