Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.25

यदि त्वं यास्यसि वनं त्यक्त्वा मां शोकलालसाम्। अहं प्रायमिहासिष्ये न च शक्ष्यामि जीवितुम्॥

yadi tvaṃ yāsyasi vanaṃ tyaktvā māṃ śokalālasām| ahaṃ prāyamihāsiṣye na ca śakṣyāmi jīvitum||

English Meaning

If do you depart to the forest leaving me troubled with sorrow, I shall resort to the vow of fasting and shall not be able to sustain my life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)