Kausalya’s reaction to Rama's announcement of his exile 2.20.9-23
Smelling the head and forehead of a child is said to be a mark of pure affection.
Rama said to Kausalya, ‘What I am going to reveal will cause untold agony to you, no less than to Sita and Lakshmana’. (However, it does not grieve me as I am pure consciousness).
Rama reveals his decision to leave Ayodhya 2.20.28-31
“I am now leaving Ayodhya to proceed to the Dandaka forest. Time has come that I should use a mat of kusha grass – vistara (a mat meant for those who perform penance and it is made of twenty-five blades of kusha grass).”
Kausalya’s grief 2.20.32-55
It is believed that when a woman gives birth to a son, she enjoys a double advantage: One, her husband would be pleased to oblige her. Second, there is that joy of looking at the growing son. But I am undone by the order of the monarch. My grief is endless. It beggars description.”
Kausalya’s reaction to Rama's announcement of his exile 2.20.9-23
Smelling the head and forehead of a child is said to be a mark of pure affection.
Rama said to Kausalya, ‘What I am going to reveal will cause untold agony to you, no less than to Sita and Lakshmana’. (However, it does not grieve me as I am pure consciousness).
Rama reveals his decision to leave Ayodhya 2.20.28-31
“I am now leaving Ayodhya to proceed to the Dandaka forest. Time has come that I should use a mat of kusha grass – vistara (a mat meant for those who perform penance and it is made of twenty-five blades of kusha grass).”
Kausalya’s grief 2.20.32-55
It is believed that when a woman gives birth to a son, she enjoys a double advantage: One, her husband would be pleased to oblige her. Second, there is that joy of looking at the growing son. But I am undone by the order of the monarch. My grief is endless. It beggars description.”