Chapter 77 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 77

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 77.15

पितरि स्वर्गमापन्ने रामे चारण्यमाश्रिते। किं मे जीवितसामर्थ्य प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम्॥

pitari svargamāpanne rāme cāraṇyamāśrite| kiṃ me jīvitasāmarthya pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam||

English Meaning

My father having gone to heaven and Rāma having sought the woods, how can I live? I will enter fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)