Chapter 59 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 59.18

यद्यद्यापि ममैवाज्ञा निवर्तयतु राघवम्। न शक्ष्यामि विना रामं मुहूर्तमपि जीवितुम्॥

yadyadyāpi mamaivājñā nivartayatu rāghavam| na śakṣyāmi vinā rāmaṃ muhūrtamapi jīvitum||

English Meaning

Or let my command make Rāghava turn back. I cannot live for a moment without Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)