Chapter 65 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 65.24

यदि नाहं गमिष्यामि नान्यो वानरपुङ्गवः। पुनः खल्विदमस्माभिः कार्य प्रायोपवेशनम्॥

yadi nāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi nānyo vānarapuṅgavaḥ| punaḥ khalvidamasmābhiḥ kārya prāyopaveśanam||

English Meaning

If I go not, nor any other powerful monkey, then we should for certain again sit ourselves down to fast to death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)