Chapter 57 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 57.27

यदि जीवति वैदेही गमिष्याम्याश्रमं पुनः। संवृत्ता यदि वृत्ता सा प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यामि लक्ष्मण ॥

yadi jīvati vaidehī gamiṣyāmyāśramaṃ punaḥ| saṃvṛttā yadi vṛttā sā prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa ||

English Meaning

If Vaidehī live, I will then return to the asylum; but O Lakşmaņa, if that one of excellent character should happen to be dead, I will also renounce my life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)