किं नु वक्ष्यामि कौसल्यां मातरं किं नु कैकयीम्। कथमम्बां सुमित्रां च पुत्रदर्शनलालसाम्॥ विवत्सां वेपमानां च वेपन्ती कुररीमिव। कथमाश्वासयिष्यामि यदि यास्यामि तं विना ॥
kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi kausalyāṃ mātaraṃ kiṃ nu kaikayīm| kathamambāṃ sumitrāṃ ca putradarśanalālasām|| vivatsāṃ vepamānāṃ ca vepantī kurarīmiva| kathamāśvāsayiṣyāmi yadi yāsyāmi taṃ vinā ||
English Meaning
What shall I say to Kausalyā; and what shall I say to Kaikeyi ? And what shall I say to mother Sumitrā eager for a sight of her son? And if I go (back) without him, how shall I soothe her, like to a cow reft of her calf; and trembling; and resembling a mourning Kurari?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)