Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 51: Guha and Lakṣmaṇa Converse at Night
Text 2.51.14
कौसल्या चैव राजा च तथैव जननी मम।
नाशंसे यदि जीवन्ति सर्वे ते शर्वरीमिमाम्॥
kausalyā caiva rājā ca tathaiva jananī mama
nāśaṁse yadi jīvanti sarve te śarvarīm imām
kausalyā ca eva = Queen Kausalyā; rājā ca = the king; tathā eva = and; jananī = mother; mama = My; na āśaṁse = I don’t think that; yadi = if; jīvanti = will continue to live; sarve te = all of them [do live]; śarvarīm imām = they [will do so only] till tonight.
“I don’t think that Queen Kausalyā, the king and My mother will continue to live. If all of them do live, they [will do so only] till tonight.