Like a mother to her daughter, Kausalya embraced the wretched Sita, who was afflicted with sorrow, and emaciated due to her stay in the forest, and said to her : - [2-103-23]
विदेहराजस्य सुता स्नुषा दशरथस्य च | रामपत्नी कथं दुःखं सम्प्राप्ता निर्जने वने || २-१०३-२४
- 'How is it that Sita, daughter of Janaka, king of Videha, daughterinlaw of Dasaratha and wife of Rama, has to undergo such hardships in the lonely forest. [2-103-24]
Oh ! Sita, after looking at your countenance, which is like a lotus, scorched by the sunshine, or like a withered waterlily or gold defiled by dust or the Moon obscured by the clouds,..... - [2-103-25]