Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.12

महावातसमुद्भूतं यन्मामवकरिष्यति। रजो रमण तन्मन्ये परार्ध्यमिव चन्दनम्॥

mahāvātasamudbhūtaṃ yanmāmavakariṣyati| rajo ramaṇa tanmanye parārdhyamiva candanam||

English Meaning

The dust that will cover me, thrown up by the gush of wind shall be, O ravisher of my heart regarded by me as the finest sandal dust.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)