Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.82

मृते मयि गते रामे वनं पुरुषपुङ्गवे। सेदानीं विधवा राज्यं सपुत्रा कारयिष्यसि ॥

mṛte mayi gate rāme vanaṃ puruṣapuṅgave| sedānīṃ vidhavā rājyaṃ saputrā kārayiṣyasi ||

English Meaning

When I am dead, and when that foremost of men has gone to the forest, do you, a widow, rule the kingdom along with your son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)