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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 86 Shloka 16
Original Shloka
जीवेदपि च मे माता शत्रुघ्नस्यान्ववेक्षया। दुःखिता या तु कौसल्या वीरसूर्विनशिष्यति।।2.86.16।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

मे माता my mother, शत्रुघ्नस्य Satrughna's, अन्ववेक्षया looking at, जीवेदपि च might be alive, वीरसूः mother of a warrior, या कौसल्या that Kausalya, सा तु as for her, दुःखिता with extreme grief, विनशिष्यति will die.

English Commentary

My mother might live, looking at Satrughna. But Kausalya, who is the mother of a hero, will die from extreme grief.