Chapter 13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 13.38

उपविष्टस्य वा सम्यग् लिङ्गिनं साधयिष्यतः। शरीरं भक्षयिष्यन्ति वायसाः श्वापदानि च॥

upaviṣṭasya vā samyag liṅginaṃ sādhayiṣyataḥ| śarīraṃ bhakṣayiṣyanti vāyasāḥ śvāpadāni ca||

English Meaning

As I sit to fast, and for effecting the separation of self from my body and centring my identity in the spirit crows and beasts of prey shall feed on my body.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)