समक्षं तव सौमित्रे प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्याम्यसंशयम्॥ रामं बिना क्षणमपि नैव जीवामि भूतले।
samakṣaṃ tava saumitre prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmyasaṃśayam|| rāmaṃ binā kṣaṇamapi naiva jīvāmi bhūtale|
English Meaning
I shall renounce my life before you, therefore, O Laksmana; without Rāma I shall not maintain my being for a moment on this earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)