Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.97

प्रताम्य वा प्रज्वल वा प्रणश्य वा सहस्त्रशो वा स्फुटितां महीं व्रज। मुखात् पतन्त्यधो न ते करिष्यामि वचः सुदारुणं ममाहितं केकयराजपांसने॥

pratāmya vā prajvala vā praṇaśya vā sahastraśo vā sphuṭitāṃ mahīṃ vraja| mukhāt patantyadho na te kariṣyāmi vacaḥ sudāruṇaṃ mamāhitaṃ kekayarājapāṃsane||

English Meaning

O you that render infamous the king of the Kekayas, whether you become miserable, or enter into fire, or kill yourself by taking poison, or dive into the bowels of the earth opened at thousand places, I will not execute your fell intention that is fraught with evil to me.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)