Chapter 30 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 30.13

सर्वो हि तपसा देव वृणोत्यमरतां पुमान्। विक्रमेण मया त्वेतदमरत्वं प्रवर्तितम्॥

sarvo hi tapasā deva vṛṇotyamaratāṃ pumān| vikrameṇa mayā tvetadamaratvaṃ pravartitam||

English Meaning

All others, O god, attain to immortality by virtue of devout penances but I shall acquire that by dint of my own prowess.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)