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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.14

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 also worries that their mothers will not survive the separation, although Sumitrā may endure for Śatrughna's sake

2.45.14

kausalyā caiva rājā ca tathaiva jananī mama
nāśaṃse yadi jīvanti sarve te śarvarīm imām

'Kausalyā, and the king, and likewise my own mother — I do not expect that all of them will outlive this night.'

Words: kausalyā caiva — and Kausalyā; rājā ca — and the king; tathaiva — and likewise; jananī — mother; mama — my; nāśaṃse — I do not expect; yadi — whether; jīvanti — they live; sarve — all; te — they; śarvarīm imām — this night

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.