Chapter 21 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 21.17

नहि मम हरिराजसंश्रयात् क्षमतरमस्ति परत्र चेह वा। अभिमुखहतवीर सेवितं शयनमिदं मम सेवितुं क्षमम्॥

nahi mama harirājasaṃśrayāt kṣamataramasti paratra ceha vā| abhimukhahatavīra sevitaṃ śayanamidaṃ mama sevituṃ kṣamam||

English Meaning

There is no other resource for me tending to my welfare both in this world and the next than taking refuge to this lord of monkeys. It is becoming for me to serve this bed which has been resorted to by the hero, slain (and lying before me.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)