Verse 18·VR 2.43.18
सा अहम् गौर् इव सिम्हेन विवत्सा वत्सला कृता | कैकेय्या पुरुष व्याघ्र बाल वत्सा इव गौर् बलात् || २-४३-१८
saa aham gaur iva simhena vivatsaa vatsalaa kR^itaa | kaikeyyaa puruSha vyaaghra baala vatsaa iva gaur balaat || 2-43-18
Translation
"Oh, tiger among heroes! Fond of my child like a cow, I, as such was forcibly deprived of my child by Kaikeyi in the same way as a cow having a calf of tender age may be deprived of her calf by a lion."
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Lamentation of Kausalya
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