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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.15

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

2.45.15

jīved api hi me mātā śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā
tad duḥkhaṃ yat tu kausalyā vīrasūr vinaśiṣyati

'My mother might indeed live on out of regard for Śatrughna; but this is the grief — that Kausalyā, mother of a hero, will perish.'

Words: jīved api — might even live; hi — indeed; me mātā — my mother; śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā — out of regard for Śatrughna; tad duḥkhaṃ — that is the grief; yat tu — but that; kausalyā — Kausalyā; vīrasūr — mother of a hero; vinaśiṣyati — will perish

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.