Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.53

यमक्षयमनुप्राप्ता द्रक्ष्यन्ति नहि मानवाः। यदि मां संस्पृशेद् रामः सकृदन्वारभेत वा॥

yamakṣayamanuprāptā drakṣyanti nahi mānavāḥ| yadi māṃ saṃspṛśed rāmaḥ sakṛdanvārabheta vā||

English Meaning

People going to the mansion of Yama no more behold (their friends): If Rama touch me directly or otherwise, obtain the exchequer, and be installed as the heir-apparent, Meseems, I may yet live.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)