Chapter 11 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 11.19

तौ दत्तौ च वरौ देव निक्षेपौ मृगयाम्यहम्। तवैव पृथिवीपाल सकाशे रघुनन्दन॥ तत् प्रतिश्रुत्य धर्मेण न चेद् दास्यसि मे वरम्। अद्यैव हि प्रहास्यामि जीवितं त्वद्विमानिता॥

tau dattau ca varau deva nikṣepau mṛgayāmyaham| tavaiva pṛthivīpāla sakāśe raghunandana|| tat pratiśrutya dharmeṇa na ced dāsyasi me varam| adyaiva hi prahāsyāmi jīvitaṃ tvadvimānitā||

English Meaning

Entrusting the boons then with you, dc I now, O descendant of the Raghus, ask for them (at your hands), O lord of the earth. If having religiously promised to that effect, you did not confer the boon, this very day, will I, coming by this disgrace from you, renounce my life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)