Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.49

इदं ब्रूयाश्च मे नाथं शूरं रामं पुनः पुनः। जीवितं धारयिष्यामि मासं दशरथात्मज ॥ ऊर्ध्वं मासान्न जीवेयं सत्येनाहं ब्रवीमि ते।

idaṃ brūyāśca me nāthaṃ śūraṃ rāmaṃ punaḥ punaḥ| jīvitaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi māsaṃ daśarathātmaja || ūrdhvaṃ māsānna jīveyaṃ satyenāhaṃ bravīmi te|

English Meaning

This also shall you say again and again to that hero— my lord, 'O son of Dasaratha, I shall keep on this life for another month; and this I swear to you by truth that I will not live beyond this month.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)