Chapter 28 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 28.3

सत्यं बतेदं प्रवदन्ति लोके नाकालमृत्युर्भवतीति सन्तः। यत्राहमेवं परिभर्व्यमाना जीवामि यस्मात् क्षणमप्यपुण्या॥

satyaṃ batedaṃ pravadanti loke nākālamṛtyurbhavatīti santaḥ| yatrāhamevaṃ paribharvyamānā jīvāmi yasmāt kṣaṇamapyapuṇyā||

English Meaning

Truly the sages say that death in this world dose not come untimely. Or else would I have, vicious as I am, lived for a moment, being thus sorely threatened.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)