Chapter 24 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 24.23

न्मय्यप्यतीते मनुजेन्द्रपुत्र। कुलस्य हन्तारमजीवना रामानुजानीहि कृतागसं माम्॥

nmayyapyatīte manujendraputra| kulasya hantāramajīvanā rāmānujānīhi kṛtāgasaṃ mām||

English Meaning

O son of a king, they shall all carry out your orders even in my absence, do you, therefore, order me (to enter fire) who am the destroyer of my own race, have performed an inequity and do not deserve living any more.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)