O reverend sir, she whom you behold depressed and emaciated through grief and fasting, resembling a very goddess, is the noble Queen of my father. This one, Kausalyā, it is that gave birth to that chief of men, having the powerful gait of a lion, Rāma, even as Aditi gave birth to Dhātā.
यामिमां भगवन् दीनां शोकानशनकर्शिताम्॥ पितुर्हि महिषी देवी देवतामिव पश्यसि । एषा तं पुरुषव्याघ्र सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनम्॥ कौसल्या सुषुवे रामं धातारमदितिर्यथा।