गोदावरी प्रवक्ष्यामि हीना रामेण लक्ष्मण। आबन्धिष्येऽथवा त्यक्ष्ये विषमे देहमात्मनः॥ पिबामि वा विषं तीक्ष्णं प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम्। न त्वहं राघवादन्यं कदापि पुरुषं स्पृशे॥
godāvarī pravakṣyāmi hīnā rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇa| ābandhiṣye'thavā tyakṣye viṣame dehamātmanaḥ|| pibāmi vā viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam| na tvahaṃ rāghavādanyaṃ kadāpi puruṣaṃ spṛśe||
English Meaning
Without Rama, O Laksmana, I shall drink virulent poison, enter fire or dive into the Godāverī. I shall destroy this body either by hanging or by falling down from the top of a high object. I shall never be able to touch another man but Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)