Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.45

एकाहमपि पश्येयं यद्यहं राममातरम्। अञ्जलिं प्रतिगृह्णन्ती श्रेयो ननु मृतिर्मम॥

ekāhamapi paśyeyaṃ yadyahaṃ rāmamātaram| añjaliṃ pratigṛhṇantī śreyo nanu mṛtirmama||

English Meaning

If I for a single day behold Rāma's mother receiving homage rendered with clasped hands, I will consider death even as welcome.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)