Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.30

न च सीता त्वया हीना न चाहमपि राघव। मुहूर्तमपि जीवावो जलान्मत्स्याविवोद्धतौ॥

na ca sītā tvayā hīnā na cāhamapi rāghava| muhūrtamapi jīvāvo jalānmatsyāvivoddhatau||

English Meaning

O Rāghava, deprived of you neither Sītā nor I can live for a moment, like fish taken out of water : without you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)