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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 80: Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil. Lakṣmaṇa refused sleep and feared for their parents, then crossed the Gaṅgā with Rāma & Sītā at dawn

In the sequence: he feared Daśaratha and Kausalyā would die of grief and that the King would never see Rāma installed

2.80.13

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

‘Now that he is exiled, the king will not live long; and the earth will surely, very soon, become a widow.’

Words: asmin — when he (loc. abs.); pravrājite — exiled, sent forth; rājā — the king; na ciraṃ — not long; vartayiṣyati — will live on, continue; vidhavā — widowed; 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.