Mahāvessantarajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 1196

[1196] Truly, Your Majesty (deva), I do not see our [children], nor by whom they have been carried off, or whether they have died; even the ravens do not cry out — surely my children are dead. Truly, Your Majesty, I do not see our [children], nor by whom they have been carried off, or whether they have died; even the birds do not cry out — surely my children are dead.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.