Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.64

नहि राममहं दृष्ट्वा प्रवसन्तं महावने।७४।। चिरं जीवितुमाशंसे रुदन्तीं चापि मैथिलीम्। सा नूनं विधवा राज्यं सपुत्रा कारयिष्यसि॥

nahi rāmamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā pravasantaṃ mahāvane|74|| ciraṃ jīvitumāśaṃse rudantīṃ cāpi maithilīm| sā nūnaṃ vidhavā rājyaṃ saputrā kārayiṣyasi||

English Meaning

When I shall witness Rāma repairing to the mighty forest, and Sītā weeping (in grief), I shall not hope for a long life; and you, becoming a widow, will reign along with your son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)