Chapter 25 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 25.12

एषाल्पपुण्या कृपणा विनशिष्याम्यनाथवत्। समुद्रमध्ये नौः पूर्णा वायुवेगैरिवाहता॥

eṣālpapuṇyā kṛpaṇā vinaśiṣyāmyanāthavat| samudramadhye nauḥ pūrṇā vāyuvegairivāhatā||

English Meaning

Limited is my virtue, and therefore I am to die the death of a poor deserted thing like to a bark driven by the blast in the midst of the ocean.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)