एकस्य मरणं मेऽस्तु मा भूत्सर्वविनाशनम्। इति बुद्ध्या विनिश्चित्य राघवाय न्यवेदयत्॥
ekasya maraṇaṃ me'stu mā bhūtsarvavināśanam| iti buddhyā viniścitya rāghavāya nyavedayat||
English Meaning
My own destruction is far more desirable than that of all. Having thus resolved Lakşmaņa approached Rāma and communicated to him the intelligence.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)