Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 43: Kausalyā Laments for Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā
Text 2.43.13
कदा प्राणिसहस्राणि राजमार्गे ममात्मजौ।
लाजैरवकिरिष्यन्ति प्रविशन्तावरिन्दमौ॥
kadā prāṇi-sahasrāṇi rāja-mārge mamātmajau
lājair avakariṣyanti praviśantāv arindamau
kadā = when; prāṇi-sahasrāṇi = thousands of people; rāja-mārge = the grand road; mama = my; ātmajau = on two sons; lājaiḥ = parched grains; avakariṣyanti = will scatter; praviśantau = while They enter; arindamau = the subduers of enemies.
When will thousands of people scatter parched grains on my two sons, the subduers of enemies, while They enter the grand road?