I do not so much mourn Rāma or the mighty car-warrior-Laksmana-or, for that matter, self, as I do the wretched mother-in-law of mine. She ever think of the period of the promise. "When shall I behold Sītā and Lakşmaņa with Rāghava?
न शोचामि तथा राम लक्ष्मणं च महारथम्। नात्मानं जननीं चापि यथा श्वश्रू तपस्विनीम्॥ सा तु चिन्तयते नित्यं समाप्तव्रतमागतम्। कदा द्रक्ष्यामि सीतां च लक्ष्मणं च सराघवम्॥