Chapter 51 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 51.12

जीवेदपि हि मे माता शत्रुघ्नस्यान्ववेक्षया। तद् दुःखं यदि कौसल्या वीरसूर्विनशिष्यति॥

jīvedapi hi me mātā śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā| tad duḥkhaṃ yadi kausalyā vīrasūrvinaśiṣyati||

English Meaning

If they are, it is for this night only. Even if my mother live looking up to Satrughna, yet this is my grief that that mother of a hero, Kausalyā will breathe her last.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)