Even if I speak this truly, yet none will lend credence to it. And what will Kausalya say to me, when Rāma shall have gone to the forest? Having done her this mighty wrong, what shall I say to her?
यदि सत्यं ब्रवीम्येतत् तदसत्यं भविष्यति। किं मां वक्ष्यति कौसल्या राघवे वनमास्थिते॥ किं चैनां प्रतिवक्ष्यामि कृत्वा विप्रियमीदृशम्।