सीतानिमित्तं सौमित्रे मृते मयि गते त्वयि। कच्चित् सकामा कैकेयी सुखिता सा भविष्यति॥ सपुत्रराज्यां सिद्धार्थां मृतपुत्रा तपस्विनी। उपस्थास्यति कौसल्या कच्चित्सौम्येन कैकयीम्॥
sītānimittaṃ saumitre mṛte mayi gate tvayi| kaccit sakāmā kaikeyī sukhitā sā bhaviṣyati|| saputrarājyāṃ siddhārthāṃ mṛtaputrā tapasvinī| upasthāsyati kausalyā kaccitsaumyena kaikayīm||
English Meaning
O Sumitrā's son, on my dying for Sītā and your returning (to the city). shall Kaikeyi have her desire, and attain felicity; and shall Kausalyā, her son dead, and herself wearing the guise of a female mendicant, humbly wait upon Kaikeyi when she shall have succeeded in obtaining the kingdom for her son?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)