Chapter 111 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 111.22

सर्वदा सर्वभूतानां नास्ति मृत्युरलक्षणः। तव तद्वदयं मृत्युमैथिलीकृतलक्षणः॥

sarvadā sarvabhūtānāṃ nāsti mṛtyuralakṣaṇaḥ| tava tadvadayaṃ mṛtyumaithilīkṛtalakṣaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Death does not always visit all men without any cause-and Maithili is the cause of the death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)