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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil. Kausalyā blames Kaikeyī, the ministers place the body in an oil trough and await a son before cremation

In the sequence: she worries about Rāma and Sītā and imagines Janaka's grief when he hears what has happened

2.60.10

vṛddhaś caivālpaputraś ca vaidehīm anicintayan
so 'pi śokasamāviṣṭo nanu tyakṣyati jīvitam

And Janaka, aged and with few sons, brooding over Vaidehī, overcome by grief, will surely give up his life too.

Words: vṛddhaś — old; caivālpaputraś — and having few sons; ca — and; vaidehīm — Vaidehī; anicintayan — constantly brooding over; so 'pi — he too; śokasamāviṣṭo — overcome by grief; nanu — surely; tyakṣyati — will give up; jīvitam — life

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.