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AYODHYAKANDA
 
सा राघवमुपासीनमसुखार्ता
 
सुखोचिता ।
 
उवाच पुरुषव्याघ्रमुपशृण्वति लक्ष्मणे ।
 
Afflicted with grief though accustomed
to pleasure, she said to Raghava who
was seated near, while Lakshmana was
listening :
 
यदि पुत्र न जायेथा मम शोकाय राघव ।
न स्म दुःखमतो भूयः पश्येयमहमप्रजाः ॥
 
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' Q Raghava, my son, if you had not
been born to my sorrow, I should certainly
not know greater distress than this by
being childless.
 
एक एव हि वन्ध्यायाः शोको भवति मानसः ।
अपनाऽस्मीति सन्तापो न ह्यन्यः पुत्र विद्यते ॥
 
For, the barren woman has only one
sorrow in her heart-'I am childless', O
Son, there is no other affliction for her.
 
न दृष्टपूर्वं कल्याणं सुखं वा पतिपौरुषे ।
अपि पुत्रे तु पश्येयमिति रामास्थितं मया ॥
 
O Rama, no auspicious event has been
witnessed by me so far, nor any happi-
ness because of my husband's greatness.