Chapter 55 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 55.12

किमग्नौ निपताम्यद्य आहोस्विद्वडवामुखे। शरीरमिह सत्त्वानां दद्मि सागरवासिनाम्॥

kimagnau nipatāmyadya āhosvidvaḍavāmukhe| śarīramiha sattvānāṃ dadmi sāgaravāsinām||

English Meaning

I shall jump into this flame or into a submarine fire, or I shall resign my mortal frame to the animals that infest the ocean.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)