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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 20 Shloka 36
Original Shloka
यदि पुत्र न जायेथा मम शोकाय राघव। न स्म दुःखमतो भूयः पश्येयमहमप्रजाः।।2.20.36।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

पुत्र O my son, राघव Rama, मम to me, शोकाय to cause sorrow, न जायेथाः यदि if you were not born, अहम् I, अप्रजाः without progeny, अतः more than this, भूयः greater, दुःखम् sorrow, न स्म पश्येयम् would not have seen.

English Commentary

O my son, if you were not born to me, I, even as a woman without progeny, would not have experienced grief, more intense than this.