Chapter 8 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 8.37

तद्विनाशेऽपि मे दुखं प्रमृष्टं स्यादनन्तरम्। सुखं मे जीवितं चैव तद्विनाशनिबन्धनम्॥

tadvināśe'pi me dukhaṃ pramṛṣṭaṃ syādanantaram| sukhaṃ me jīvitaṃ caiva tadvināśanibandhanam||

English Meaning

Even by his death my present pain would be removed. Both my life and my happiness are bound up with his death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)