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[Sumitra consoles Kausalya.]

vilapantī tathā tāṅ tu kausalyāṅ pramadōttamām.

idaṅ dharmē sthitā dharmyaṅ sumitrā vākyamabravīt৷৷2.44.1৷৷

Translation

dharmē in virtues, sthitā abiding, sumitrā Sumitra, tathā then, vilapantīm lamenting, pramadōttamām best among women, tāṅ kauśalyām to that Kausalya, dharmyam conforming to righteousness, idaṅ vākyam these words, abravīt said.

While Kausalya, the best of women was thus lamenting, virtuous Sumitra spoke to her these righteous words: