Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.51

किं जीवितेनेह विना त्वया मे लोकेन वा किं स्वधयामृतेन। श्रेयो मुहूर्तं तव संनिधानं ममेव कृत्स्नादपि जीवलोकात्॥

kiṃ jīviteneha vinā tvayā me lokena vā kiṃ svadhayāmṛtena| śreyo muhūrtaṃ tava saṃnidhānaṃ mameva kṛtsnādapi jīvalokāt||

English Meaning

Without you, of what avail to me is my life, my relatives, the worship of the manes and the deities and the knowledge of divine truth on this earth? Prefer do I your company even for a moment to the presence of all creation.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)