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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.38.19

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 38: Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return. Fearing Kaikeyī and the hardships facing Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa, she longs for her son’s homecoming and embrace

In the sequence: she says she cannot endure life without him.

2.38.19

na hi me jīvite kiṃ cit sāmartham iha kalpyate
apaśyantyāḥ priyaṃ putraṃ mahābāhuṃ mahābalam

For no power at all to live is left in me here, seeing that I no longer behold my dear son, mighty-armed and mighty in strength.

Words: na hi — for not; me — my, for me; jīvite — in living, life; kiṃ cit — anything at all; sāmartham — capacity, power; iha — here; kalpyate — is reckoned, held possible; apaśyantyāḥ — of (me) not seeing; priyaṃ — dear; putraṃ — son; mahābāhuṃ — the mighty-armed; mahābalam — of great strength

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.