Chapter 12 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 12.8

अदृष्ट्वा किं प्रवक्ष्यामि तामहं जनकात्मजाम्। ध्रुवं प्रायमुपासिष्ये कालस्य व्यतिवर्तने ॥

adṛṣṭvā kiṃ pravakṣyāmi tāmahaṃ janakātmajām| dhruvaṃ prāyamupāsiṣye kālasya vyativartane ||

English Meaning

And not having seen Janaka's daughter, what shall I answer? The term fixed (by Sugrīva) having been past, certainly meet it is that I should fast to death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)