Chapter 101 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 101

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 101.8

किं मे युद्धेन किं प्राणैयुद्धकार्यं न विद्यते। यत्रायं निहतः शेते रणमूर्धनि लक्ष्मणः॥

kiṃ me yuddhena kiṃ prāṇaiyuddhakāryaṃ na vidyate| yatrāyaṃ nihataḥ śete raṇamūrdhani lakṣmaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

What have I to do with battle? What have I to do with life? I have no more to do anything with fighting, seeing that this Laksmana wounded, Leith in the field of battle.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)