Chapter 74 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 74.29

सात्वमग्नि प्रविश वा स्वयं वा विश दण्डकान्। रज्जु बद्ध्वाथवा कण्ठे नहि तेऽन्यत् परायणम्॥

sātvamagni praviśa vā svayaṃ vā viśa daṇḍakān| rajju baddhvāthavā kaṇṭhe nahi te'nyat parāyaṇam||

English Meaning

Do you enter fire, or dive into Dandaka, or wound a cord round your neck: other desirable way there is none for you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)