Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.44

अहं हि विषमद्यैव पीत्वा बहु तवाग्रतः। पश्यतस्ते मरिष्यामि रामो यद्यभिषिच्यते॥

ahaṃ hi viṣamadyaiva pītvā bahu tavāgrataḥ| paśyataste mariṣyāmi rāmo yadyabhiṣicyate||

English Meaning

If you install Rāma, this very day drinking poison, I will surely die before you.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)