अहं वः प्रतिजानामि न गमिष्याम्यहं पुरीम् । इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये श्रेयो मरणमेव मे॥
ahaṃ vaḥ pratijānāmi na gamiṣyāmyahaṃ purīm | ihaiva prāyamāsiṣye śreyo maraṇameva me||
English Meaning
I vow before you, to the palace I will never repair. At this very spot will I fast for death; as death is good for me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)