इति पृष्टा यथातत्त्वं कैकेयी वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ रामेति राजा विलपन् हा सीते लक्ष्मणेति च। स महात्मा परं लोकं गतो मतिमतां वरः॥ इतीमा पश्चिमां वाचं व्याजहार पिता तव। कालधर्म परिक्षिप्तः पाशैरिव महागजः॥
iti pṛṣṭā yathātattvaṃ kaikeyī vākyamabravīt|| rāmeti rājā vilapan hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca| sa mahātmā paraṃ lokaṃ gato matimatāṃ varaḥ|| itīmā paścimāṃ vācaṃ vyājahāra pitā tava| kāladharma parikṣiptaḥ pāśairiva mahāgajaḥ||
English Meaning
Thus asked, Kaikeyi related all as it had happened, saying, “Bewailing 'Ah Rama!' 'Ah Sita!' “Ah Laksmana!' that magnanimous one, the foremost of those that have attained to excellent state (after death), has gone to the next world coming under the law of time.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)