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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 87 Shloka 7
Original Shloka
वत्सला स्वं यथा वत्समुपगूह्य तपस्विनी। परिपप्रच्छ भरतं रुदन्ती शोकलालसा।।2.87.7।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

शोकलालसा distressed in grief, तपस्विनी desolate, वत्सला with filial love, रुदन्ती weeping, स्वम् her own, वत्सं यथा like child, उपगूह्य clasping, भरतम् Bharata, परिपप्रच्छ enquired.

English Commentary

Desolate Kausalya, in deep distress, clasped Bharata out of filial love as if he were her own child, wept and enquired of him: