kauśalyā śuśubhe tena putreṇāmitatejasā| yathā vareṇa devānāmaditirvajrapāṇinā
Kausalya looked splendid with her son, Rama of boundless energy, as did Aditi with the chief of the gods Indra, wielder of thunder.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Kausalya shines with the radiance of her son, just as Aditi shone with Indra. The mother-son bond is framed in cosmic terms — Kausalya's joy in Rama is not merely personal but participates in the joy of the universe at the arrival of its saviour.