Seeing the king had ascended heaven, like to a fire that has cooled, or an ocean deprived of its waters, or the sun shorn of his splendour, Kausalyā afflicted with woe, taking on her lap the head of the king, with tears in her eyes, said.
तमग्निमिव संशान्तमम्बुहीनमिवार्णवम्। गतप्रभमिवादित्यं स्वर्गस्थं प्रेक्ष्य भूमिपम्॥ कौसल्या बाष्पपूर्णाक्षी विविधं शोककर्शिता। उपगृह्य शिरो राज्ञः कैकेयी प्रत्यभाषत ॥