या एषा this woman, दुर्मनाः plunged in grief, वनान्तरे in the midst of the forest, शीर्णपुष्पा with blossoms withered, कर्णिकारस्य of the karnikara tree, शाखेव like a branch, अस्याः this Kausalya's, वामभुजम् left arm, श्लिष्टा leaning, तिष्ठति standing, कुमारौ two princes, देववर्णिनौ equal to gods in beauty, वीरौ heroes, सत्यपराक्रमौ possessing no vain prowess, लक्षणशत्रुघ्नौ Lakshmana and Satrughna, उभौ both, एतस्या देव्या: this queen's, सुतौ sons.

This lady plunged in grief, resembling the branch of a karnikara tree in the midst of the forest with blossoms withered and leaning on the left arm of Kausalya, is queen Sumitra, mother of two heroes, comparable to gods in beauty and possessing true prowess -- Lakshmana and Satrughna.