Chapter 40 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 40.11

घोरो राक्षसराजोऽयं दृष्टिश्च न सुखा मयि। त्वां च श्रुत्वा विषज्जन्तं न जीवेयमपि क्षणम्॥

ghoro rākṣasarājo'yaṃ dṛṣṭiśca na sukhā mayi| tvāṃ ca śrutvā viṣajjantaṃ na jīveyamapi kṣaṇam||

English Meaning

This Raksasa king is dreadful. (This being so), if I hear you tarrying, I would not live for a moment.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)