Chapter 35 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 35.18

माता ते पितरं देवि पुनः केकयमब्रवीत्। शंस मे जीव वा मा वा न मां त्वं प्रहसिष्यसि॥

mātā te pitaraṃ devi punaḥ kekayamabravīt| śaṃsa me jīva vā mā vā na māṃ tvaṃ prahasiṣyasi||

English Meaning

But that revered one, your mother, again urged Kekaya, saying, 'Tell it to me, whether you live or die; for (when I have learnt all about it), you will not be able to laugh at me again.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)