Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.16

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after the fulfilment of their vow shall I once more see Sītā and Lakshmaṇa and Rāma? But I believe that Kauçalyā’s heart will spring asunder, when she, that has but one son, learns that he has perished in the fight. For, weeping, she will call to mind the birth and the childhood and the youthful years, the good deeds, and the beauty of the lofty-minded one. When she has made the death-offerings for her slain son, hopeless, robbed of her senses, she will assuredly go into the fire or into the water” (see Rām., vi, 32, 48 ; 92.44-46).