Valmiki Ramayana 2.60.23: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 60, Shloka 23
षष्टितमः सर्गः · Kausalyā’s Lament and Sumantra’s Consolation
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तथापि सूतेन सुयुक्तवादिना निवार्यमाणा सुतशोककर्शिता ।
न चैव देवी विरराम कूजितात्प्रियेति पुत्रेति च राघवेति च ॥२३॥
tathāpi sūtena suyuktavādinā nivāryamāṇā sutaśokakarśitā |
na caiva devī virarāma kūjitāt priye iti putre iti ca rāghave iti ca ||23||
सारथी ने उसे समझाया, रोका भी, पर रानी का बेटा चला गया, इसलिए दुख में थी। वो चिल्लाती रही - प्यारे, बेटा, राम - यह कहते रही।
Though Sumantra was speaking with befitting words to prevent Kausalya from weeping over her son which had enfeebled her, she did not stop crying, 'O my beloved', 'O my son', 'O Rama'.इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे षष्टितमस्सर्गः।।Thus ends the sixtieth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
It acknowledges truthful human emotion within dharmic life: even when dharma is explained and upheld, grief remains real; compassion requires recognizing suffering, not merely arguing against it.
Despite Sumantra’s reasoned consolation, Kausalya continues lamenting aloud, repeatedly calling to Rama with intimate forms of address.
Kausalya’s sincerity and depth of love—her lament is not weakness alone but the authentic voice of maternal attachment.
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