Chapter 97 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 97.5

जानामि चेमौ पुत्रौ मे यमजातौ कुशीलवौ। शुद्धायां जगतो मध्ये मैथिल्यां प्रीतिरस्तु मे॥

jānāmi cemau putrau me yamajātau kuśīlavau| śuddhāyāṃ jagato madhye maithilyāṃ prītirastu me||

English Meaning

I know that these twin brothers Kusa and Lava are my sons. Yet if Janaki gives evidence of her own purity before the assembly I shall be greatly satisfied.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)