Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 20: Kausalyā’s Lamentation
Text 2.20.47
अपश्यन्ती तव मुखं परिपूर्णशशिप्रभम्।
कृपणा वर्तयिष्यामि कथं कृपणजीविकाम्॥
apaśyantī tava mukhaṁ paripūrṇa-śaśi-prabham
kṛpaṇā vartayiṣyāmi kathaṁ kṛpaṇa-jīvikām
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apaśyantī = without seeing; tava = Your; mukham = face; paripūrṇa-śaśi-prabham = that is as effulgent as the full moon; kṛpaṇā = this wretched lady; vartayiṣyāmi = will lead; katham = how; kṛpaṇa-jīvikām = a life of sorrow 4.
Without seeing Your face that is as effulgent as the full moon, how will this wretched lady lead a life of sorrow?