Chapter 29 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 29.17

कुलं वपदिशन् वीरः समरे कोऽभिधास्यति। मृत्युकाले तु सम्प्राप्ते स्वयमप्रस्तवे स्तवम्॥

kulaṃ vapadiśan vīraḥ samare ko'bhidhāsyati| mṛtyukāle tu samprāpte svayamaprastave stavam||

English Meaning

What hero, when the hour of his death has approached, publishes in the field his own lofty lineage and sings his own hymn.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)