नृपे शान्तगुणे जाते कौसल्यां पतितां भुवि। अपश्यंस्ताः स्त्रियः सर्वा हतां नागवधूमिव ॥
nṛpe śāntaguṇe jāte kausalyāṃ patitāṃ bhuvi| apaśyaṃstāḥ striyaḥ sarvā hatāṃ nāgavadhūmiva ||
English Meaning
And when the king had departed this life, the women saw Kausalyā fallen on the earth like the slain mate of an elephant.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)