Chapter 3 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 3.7

क्षुद्र धिक् त्वां तु हीनार्थं मृत्युमन्वेषसे ध्रुवम्। रणे प्राप्स्यसि संतिष्ठ न मे जीवन् विमोक्ष्यसे॥

kṣudra dhik tvāṃ tu hīnārthaṃ mṛtyumanveṣase dhruvam| raṇe prāpsyasi saṃtiṣṭha na me jīvan vimokṣyase||

English Meaning

Little! shame on you of base purposes! You surely seek your own death; and (death) you shall get in battle. Stay! You escapist me not with life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)