Chapter 42 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 42.2

दृष्टश्चाहं पुनस्तेन शरचापासिधारिणा। मद्धोद्यतशस्त्रेण निहतं जीवितं च मे॥

dṛṣṭaścāhaṃ punastena śaracāpāsidhāriṇā| maddhodyataśastreṇa nihataṃ jīvitaṃ ca me||

English Meaning

Surely shall I be deprived of my life b, (Rāma) taking up his scimitar and having a bow and arrows in his hands, if I go before hiin again.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)