Chapter 10 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 10.16

एवमुक्तस्तदा ब्रह्मा दशग्रीवमुवाच ह। नास्ति सर्वामरत्वं ते वरमन्यं वृणीष्व मे॥

evamuktastadā brahmā daśagrīvamuvāca ha| nāsti sarvāmaratvaṃ te varamanyaṃ vṛṇīṣva me||

English Meaning

Thus accosted, Brahma spoke to the Tennecked one, 'You can not be immortal. Do you therefore ask of me some other boon.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)