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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.9

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

2.60.9

nadatāṃ bhīmaghoṣāṇāṃ niśāsu mṛgapakṣiṇām
niśamya nūnaṃ saṃstrastā rāghavaṃ saṃśrayiṣyati

Hearing at night the beasts and birds that cry with dreadful voices, surely, terrified, she will cling to Rāghava.

Words: nadatāṃ — of (them) crying, roaring; bhīmaghoṣāṇāṃ — of dreadful cry; niśāsu — in the nights; mṛgapakṣiṇām — of beasts and birds; niśamya — having heard; nūnaṃ — surely; saṃstrastā — terrified; rāghavaṃ — to Rāghava; saṃśrayiṣyati — will cling, take refuge

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.