Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 32 Shloka 30
Original Shlokaतं वृद्धं तरुणी भार्या बालानादाय दारकान्।।2.32.30।। अब्रवीद्बाह्मणं वाक्यं दारिद्र्येणाभिपीडिता।
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तरुणी young, भार्या wife, दारिद्र्येण due to poverty, अभिपीडिता highly distressed, बालान् young, दारकान् sons, आदाय after presenting, वृद्धम् aged, तं ब्राह्मणम् to that brahmin, अब्रवीत् said.
His young wife, highly distressed due to poverty, keeping her young sons before her said to the aged brahmin: