Chapter 66 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 66.10

चिरं जीवति वैदही यदि मासं धरिष्यति। क्षणं वीर न जीवेयं विना तामसितेक्षणाम् ॥

ciraṃ jīvati vaidahī yadi māsaṃ dhariṣyati| kṣaṇaṃ vīra na jīveyaṃ vinā tāmasitekṣaṇām ||

English Meaning

Truly dose Vaidehī live for a long time if she breathes for a month. But O hero, I cannot live blue eyes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)