Chapter 25 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 25.17

जीवितं त्यक्तुमिच्छामि शोकेन महता वृता। राक्षसीभिश्च रक्षन्त्या रामो नासाद्यते मया॥

jīvitaṃ tyaktumicchāmi śokena mahatā vṛtā| rākṣasībhiśca rakṣantyā rāmo nāsādyate mayā||

English Meaning

I wish to renounce my life under this load of grief-but alas! I am surrounded by the Raks asis and cannot meet Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)