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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 ।

पनाप्रजाऽस्मीति 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.