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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.16

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

2.80.16

jīved api hi me mātā śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā
duḥkhitā yā tu kausalyā vīrasūr vinaśiṣyati

‘My mother may yet live, out of regard for Śatrughna; but sorrowing Kausalyā, the mother of a hero, will perish.’

Words: jīved api — might yet live; hi — for, indeed; me — my; mātā — mother; śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā — out of regard for Śatrughna; duḥkhitā — grieved; yā tu — but she who; 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.