Chapter 62 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 62.15

इच्छाम्यहमपि द्रष्टुं भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ। नेच्छे चिरं धारयितुं प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्ये कलेवरम्। महर्षिस्त्वब्रवीदेवं दृष्टतत्त्वार्थदर्शनः॥

icchāmyahamapi draṣṭuṃ bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau| necche ciraṃ dhārayituṃ prāṇāṃstyakṣye kalevaram| maharṣistvabravīdevaṃ dṛṣṭatattvārthadarśanaḥ||

English Meaning

I also am desirous of beholding the brothers, Rāma and Laksmana. I do not wish to hold this life long. I would renounce my life.' That Maharși, conversant with the nature of things, told me this.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)