Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.30

इहाहं यदि तिष्ठामि स्वेन रूपेण संवृतः। विनाशमुपयास्यामि भर्तुरर्थश्च हास्यति॥

ihāhaṃ yadi tiṣṭhāmi svena rūpeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ| vināśamupayāsyāmi bharturarthaśca hāsyati||

English Meaning

Should I stay here embodied in my native form, I shall come by destruction; and the interest also of my master shall suffer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)