Chapter 28 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 28.15

अहं तु राम त्वयि जातकामा चिरं विनाशाय निबद्धभावा। मोघं चरित्वाथ तपो व्रतं च त्यक्ष्यामि धिग्जीवितमल्पभोग्याम्॥

ahaṃ tu rāma tvayi jātakāmā ciraṃ vināśāya nibaddhabhāvā| moghaṃ caritvātha tapo vrataṃ ca tyakṣyāmi dhigjīvitamalpabhogyām||

English Meaning

(But for me) O Rama, I was for my own destruction, devoted, soul and heart, to you. Oh! fruitless is my asceticism and wifely virtue! Oh fie on me! I shall renounce this my unfortunate life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)