Valmiki,
The Ramayana of Valmiki — Canto XXIV: Kaus'alyá Calmed
(1870s)
“ Thus to the weeping queen he said: 'Mother, while lives the husband, he Is woman's lord and deity. O dearest lady, thou and I Our lord and king must ne'er deny; The lord of earth himself have we Our guardian wise and friend to be. ”
