Finding Sri Rama firm in his obedience to the command of his parents, Kausalya (Sri Rama's mother) urges him to take her along with him. On being told, however, that it was incumbent on a matron whose husband was alive to remain with the latter and serve him, she consents to Sri Rama's &nbsp;departure to the forest.
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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 25 "Kausalya Ashirvachanam" (Book 2 Canto 25)

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