कच्चिज्जीवति वैदेहि प्राणैः प्रियतरा मम | कच्चित्प्रव्राजनं सौम्य न मे मिथ्या भविष्यति || ३-५८-६
Oh ! gentle Lakshmana I wonder if Vaidehi, who is dearer to me than my life is still alive I hope my banishment from the kingdom is not going to prove false. [3-58-6]
Oh ! handsome one I wonder if that lady of renunciation, Kausalya with her son dead, will have to serve Kaikeyi whose desire would be fulfilled, and who will enjoy the power of the throne in the company of her son. [3-58-8]