Chapter 57 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 57.28

यदि मामाश्रमगतं वैदेही नाभिभाषते। पुरः प्रहसिता सीता विनशिष्यामि लक्ष्मण ॥

yadi māmāśramagataṃ vaidehī nābhibhāṣate| puraḥ prahasitā sītā vinaśiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa ||

English Meaning

If, O Laksmana, Vaidehi ever precluding her speech with a smile should not speak to me when I arrive at the asylum, I shall give up my life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)