Chapter 40 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 40.10

धारयिष्यामि मासं तु जीवितं शत्रुसूदन । मासादूर्ध्वं न जीविष्ये त्वया हीना नृपात्मज॥

dhārayiṣyāmi māsaṃ tu jīvitaṃ śatrusūdana | māsādūrdhvaṃ na jīviṣye tvayā hīnā nṛpātmaja||

English Meaning

O destroyer of enemies, for a month longer will I maintain being. Beyond that, О king's son, bereft of you, I will not live.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)