Chapter 35 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 35.20

ततः स वरदः साधू राजानं प्रत्यभाषत। म्रियतां ध्वंसतां वेयं मा शंसीस्त्वं महीपते॥

tataḥ sa varadaḥ sādhū rājānaṃ pratyabhāṣata| mriyatāṃ dhvaṃsatāṃ veyaṃ mā śaṃsīstvaṃ mahīpate||

English Meaning

Thereupon that boon-giving saint said to the king; “Whether this one kills herself or be destroyed, do you not, O king, reveal it."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)