Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.4

नहि मे जीवितेनार्थो नैवार्थेन च भूषणैः। वसन्त्या राक्षसीमध्ये विना रामं महारथम्॥

nahi me jīvitenārtho naivārthena ca bhūṣaṇaiḥ| vasantyā rākṣasīmadhye vinā rāmaṃ mahāratham||

English Meaning

Of what avail are wealth, ornament and life to me, who am living in the midst of the Răkşasas and separated from Ráma, of the mighty car?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)