Chapter 13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 13.50

इहैव नियताहारो वत्स्यामि नियतेन्द्रियः। न मत्कृते विनश्येयुः सर्वे ते नरवानराः॥

ihaiva niyatāhāro vatsyāmi niyatendriyaḥ| na matkṛte vinaśyeyuḥ sarve te naravānarāḥ||

English Meaning

(Therefore) even here I shall stay, restraining my fare and mortifying my senses. All those principal monkeys ought not to lose their lives because of any act to which I may commit myself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)