Chapter 45 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 45.12

अप्यहं जीवितं जह्यां युष्मान्वा पुरुषर्षभाः॥ अपवादभयाद्भीतः किं पुनर्जनकात्मजाम्।

apyahaṃ jīvitaṃ jahyāṃ yuṣmānvā puruṣarṣabhāḥ|| apavādabhayādbhītaḥ kiṃ punarjanakātmajām|

English Meaning

O foremost of men, what to speak of the daughter of Janaka-I can even renounce my life and yourselves in fear of a bad name.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)