Chapter 51 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 51.14

कथं पुत्रं महात्मानं ज्येष्ठपुत्रमपश्यतः। शरीरं धारयिष्यन्ति प्राणा राज्ञो महात्मनः॥

kathaṃ putraṃ mahātmānaṃ jyeṣṭhaputramapaśyataḥ| śarīraṃ dhārayiṣyanti prāṇā rājño mahātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

How will the life of that high-souled king not seeing his magnanimous son, his eldest son, remain in this body?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)