Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.58

तस्मिन् पुनर्जीवति धर्मराजे विशेषतः स्वे पथि वर्तमाने। देवी मया सार्धमितोऽभिगच्छेत् कथंस्विदन्या विधवेव नारी॥

tasmin punarjīvati dharmarāje viśeṣataḥ sve pathi vartamāne| devī mayā sārdhamito'bhigacchet kathaṃsvidanyā vidhaveva nārī||

English Meaning

The righteousness monarch is still living and continues in his own path when ready to redeem his vow-even by renouncing me, how can this worshipful one accompany me like other insignificant widows?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)