Chapter 55 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 55.17

एतदेव वचः श्रुत्वा भरतो भ्रातृवत्सलः। धर्मात्मा सहशत्रुघ्नः कथं शक्ष्यति जीवितुम्॥

etadeva vacaḥ śrutvā bharato bhrātṛvatsalaḥ| dharmātmā sahaśatrughnaḥ kathaṃ śakṣyati jīvitum||

English Meaning

Hearing these tidings, how shall the righteous Bharata, attached to his brother (Rāma), along with Satrughna, live?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)