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)