Valmiki,
The Ramayana of Valmiki — Canto XLVIII: The Women's Lament
(1870s)
“ Who, mid the mourners, hope for bliss ln a poor soulless town like this? If Queen Kaikeyí's treacherous sin, Our lord expelled, the kingdom win, We heed not sons or golden store, Our life itself we prize no more. ”
