Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.9

छिन्ना भिन्ना प्रभिन्ना वा दीप्ता वाग्नौ प्रदीपिता। रावणं नोपतिष्ठेयं किं प्रलापेन वश्चिरम्॥

chinnā bhinnā prabhinnā vā dīptā vāgnau pradīpitā| rāvaṇaṃ nopatiṣṭheyaṃ kiṃ pralāpena vaściram||

English Meaning

What more shall I speak to you, I shall never consent to Rāvana's prayer, I might be rent from limb to limb or burnt in fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)