Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.20

गृध्रराज्यं परित्यज्य पितृपैतामहं महत्। मम हेतोरयं प्राणान् मुमोच पतगेश्वरः॥

gṛdhrarājyaṃ parityajya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat| mama hetorayaṃ prāṇān mumoca patageśvaraḥ||

English Meaning

For me, has this Lord of birds, breathed his last, renouncing his large ancestral kingdom.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)