Chapter 64 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 64.16

अथवा नोच्छ्वसिष्यामि संवत्सरशतान्यपि। अहं हि शोषयिष्यामि आत्मानं विजितेन्द्रियः॥

athavā nocchvasiṣyāmi saṃvatsaraśatānyapi| ahaṃ hi śoṣayiṣyāmi ātmānaṃ vijitendriyaḥ||

English Meaning

And I shall not breathe for an hundred years; and controlling my sense, I shall dry up my body.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)