Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.41

श्रेयो मे जीवितान्मर्तुं विहीनाया महात्मना। रामादक्लिष्टचारित्राच्छूराच्छत्रुनिबर्हणात्॥

śreyo me jīvitānmartuṃ vihīnāyā mahātmanā| rāmādakliṣṭacāritrācchūrācchatrunibarhaṇāt||

English Meaning

Death is more preferable to me than life since. I have been separated from the high-souled heroic Rāma, of unblemished character and the slayer of foes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)