Chapter 116 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 116.12

प्रत्यक्षं वानरस्यास्य तद्वाक्यसमनन्तरम्। त्वया संत्यक्तया वीर त्यक्तं स्याज्जीवितं मया॥

pratyakṣaṃ vānarasyāsya tadvākyasamanantaram| tvayā saṃtyaktayā vīra tyaktaṃ syājjīvitaṃ mayā||

English Meaning

Had you deputed the monkey with that message I would have renounced my life there and then, O hero.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)