Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 40: Rāma Departs from Ayodhyā
Text 2.40.39
हा रामेति जनाः केचिद्राममातेति चापरे।
अन्तःपुरं समृद्धं च क्रोशन्तः पर्यदेवयन्॥
hā rāmeti janāḥ kecid rāma-māteti cāpare
antaḥ-puraṁ samṛddhaṁ ca krośantaḥ paryadevayan
hā = Oh; rāma iti = Rāma; janāḥ = men [cried]; kecit = some; rāma-mātā iti = “Oh, Rāma’s mother”; ca apare = while others [cried]; antaḥ-puram = members of the inner quarters; samṛddham = opulent; ca = and; krośantaḥ = cried; paryadevayan = lamented in distress.
Some men cried, “Oh, Rāma!” while others cried, “Oh, Rāma’s mother!”1 Members of the opulent inner quarters cried and lamented in distress.
1 The custom of referring to women as the mother of their son(s) has continued in Bengal.