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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 45: Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā. Guha offers to guard the camp, Lakṣmaṇa refuses a bed and stays awake fearing the deaths of their grieving parents

In the sequence: he fears Daśaratha will die without seeing Rāma installed

2.45.12

asmin pravrajito rājā na ciraṃ vartayiṣyati
vidhavā medinī nūnaṃ kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati

'With this one gone into exile, the king will not live long; surely the earth will very soon become a widow.'

Words: asmin — with this one (Rāma); pravrajito — gone into exile; rājā — the king; na ciraṃ — not long; vartayiṣyati — will live on, continue; vidhavā — a widow; medinī — the earth; nūnaṃ — surely; kṣipram eva — very soon; bhaviṣyati — will become

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.