Chapter 24 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 24.40

मेवंगतां नार्हसि मामहन्तुम्। अहं हि मातङ्गविलासगामिना प्लवङ्गमानामृषभेण धीमता। विना वराहॊत्तमहेममालिना चिरं न शक्ष्यामि नरेन्द्र जीवितुम्॥

mevaṃgatāṃ nārhasi māmahantum| ahaṃ hi mātaṅgavilāsagāminā plavaṅgamānāmṛṣabheṇa dhīmatā| vinā varāhòttamahemamālinā ciraṃ na śakṣyāmi narendra jīvitum||

English Meaning

It does not behove you not to kill me, who am exercised with grief, without my lord, snatched away from him and reduced to such a (pitiable) plight. O lord of men, I cannot live long without that highly intelligent lord of monkeys, having an elephantine gait and wearing an excellent golden garland.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)