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[Kausalya insists on Rama to take her along with him to the forest --Rama tells her that service to one's husband is the supreme virtue--Kauslaya allows Rama to proceed.]

taṅ samīkṣya tvavahitaṅ piturnirdēśa pālanē.

kauśalyā bāṣpasaṅruddhā vacō dharmiṣṭhamabravīt৷৷2.24.1৷৷

Translation

tam him, pituḥ father's, nirdēśapālanē in carrying out the command, avahitam determined, samīkṣya having perceived, kauśalyā Kausalya, bāṣpasaṅrudhdā with choked tears, dharmiṣṭham pious, vacaḥ words, abravīt said.

Having perceived that Rama was determined to carry out his father's command, Kausalya with her throat choked with tears said these words of piety: