
Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21, Verse 39
Ramayana 2.21.39
मम मातुर्महद्दुःखमतुलं शुभलक्षण।अभिप्रायमविज्ञाय सत्यस्य च शमस्य च।।2.21.39।।
mama mātur mahad duḥkham atulaṃ śubha-lakṣaṇa | abhiprāyam avijñāya satyasya ca śamasya ca || 2.21.39 ||
O auspicious Lakṣmaṇa, my mother’s grief is vast and incomparable, for she has not understood the true intent of truthfulness and self-restraint.