Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.3

राक्षसीवशमापना भय॑माना च दारुणम्। चिन्तयन्ती सुदुःखार्ता नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥

rākṣasīvaśamāpanā bhaya̭mānā ca dāruṇam| cintayantī suduḥkhārtā nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe ||

English Meaning

A captive of the Rākşasis, subject to their terrible threats and taunts, sunk in grief and anxiety, I desire not to keep my life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)