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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.15

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

2.80.15

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

‘Kausalyā, and the king, and likewise my own mother — I do not think they will all live through this very night.’

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

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.