Chapter 30 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 30.12

तस्मिन्यद्यसमाप्ते च जप्यहोमे विभावसौ। युध्येयं देव संग्रामे तदा मे स्याद्विनाशनम्॥

tasminyadyasamāpte ca japyahome vibhāvasau| yudhyeyaṃ deva saṃgrāme tadā me syādvināśanam||

English Meaning

May I meet with destruction, O deity, whenever I shall engage in fight without finishing my offerings to fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)