Chapter 29 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 29.20

यदि मां दुःखितामेवं वनं नेतुं न चेच्छसि। विषमग्नि जलं वाहमास्थास्ये मृत्युकारणात्॥

yadi māṃ duḥkhitāmevaṃ vanaṃ netuṃ na cecchasi| viṣamagni jalaṃ vāhamāsthāsye mṛtyukāraṇāt||

English Meaning

If you do not purpose to take me with you, surely will I do away with my life by drinking poison, entering into fire, or drowning myself in water.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)