Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 92 Shloka 20
Original Shlokaयामिमां भगवन् दीनां शोकानशनकर्शिताम्। पितुर्हि महिषीं देवीं देवतामिव पश्यसि।।2.92.20।। एषा तं पुरषव्याघ्रं सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनम्। कौसल्या सुषुवे रामं धातारमदितिर्यथा।।2.92.21।।
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English Translation
भगवन् O venerable one, दीनाम् desolate, शोकानशनकर्शिताम् emaciated due to grief and fasting, पितुः father's, महिषीम् principal queen, देवतामिव resembling a goddess, याम् इमाम् देवीम् that this queen, पश्यसि you are seeing, एषा she, कौसल्या is Kausalya, अदितिः Aditi, धातारं यथा like Dhata, सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनम् walking with the powerful stride of a lion, पुरुषव्याघ्रम् tiger among men, तं रामम् that Rama, सुषुवे gave birth.
English Commentary
O venerable sage, this queen you are looking at, forlorn and emaciated due to grief and fasting, and who resembles a goddess is Kausalya, the principal queen of my father. As Aditi bore Dhata, she bore Rama, the best among men who walks with the powerful stride of a lion.