Chapter 55 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 55.11

यदि तद्विहतं कार्यं मया प्रज्ञाविपर्ययात्। इहैव प्राणसंन्यासो ममापि ह्यद्य रोचते॥

yadi tadvihataṃ kāryaṃ mayā prajñāviparyayāt| ihaiva prāṇasaṃnyāso mamāpi hyadya rocate||

English Meaning

As I have committed such an injury under the influence of my perverse understanding, it behave me to relinquish my life here.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)