Chapter 57 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 57.24

पतित्वममराणां हि पृथिव्याश्चापि लक्ष्मण । विना तां तपनीयाभा नेच्छेयं जनकात्मजाम्॥

patitvamamarāṇāṃ hi pṛthivyāścāpi lakṣmaṇa | vinā tāṃ tapanīyābhā neccheyaṃ janakātmajām||

English Meaning

O Laksmana, without Janaka's daughter (hued) like burning gold, I covet not the sovereignty of the celestials or the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)