Chapter 55 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 55.10

यदिदं राज्यतन्त्रं मे त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्। जीवितं च विशालाक्षि त्वं मे प्राणैर्गरीयसी॥

yadidaṃ rājyatantraṃ me tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam| jīvitaṃ ca viśālākṣi tvaṃ me prāṇairgarīyasī||

English Meaning

If such is my sovereignty, all this is established in you, O large-eyed lady, as well as my life. You are dearer to me than life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)