किं नावबुध्यसे क्रूरे नियतं बन्धुसंश्रयम्।
ज्येष्ठं पितृसमं रामं कौसल्यायात्मसम्भवम्॥
kiṁ nāvabudhyase krūre niyataṁ bandhu-saṁśrayam
jyeṣṭhaṁ pitṛ-samaṁ rāmaṁ kausalyāyātma-sambhavam
kim na avabudhyase = don’t you understand; krūre = cruel lady; niyatam = eternally; bandhu-saṁśrayam = He is the shelter of His relatives and friends; jyeṣṭham = and He is My eldest [brother]; pitṛ-samam = like a father [unto Me]; rāmam = Rāma; kausalyāyāḥ ātma-sambhavam = He is born from Kausalyā’s body.
Cruel lady, don’t you understand Rāma? He is born from Kausalyā’s body.1 He is eternally the shelter of His relatives and friends, and He is My eldest [brother], like a father [unto Me].
1 Technical note: kausalyāyātma-sambhavam ity ārṣa-sandhiḥ. yad vā pṛṣodarāditvena ākāra-lopaḥ “gūḍhotmā na prakāśate” itivat; tena samyak-sandhiḥ.