Chapter 116 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 116.18

चितां मे कुरु सौमित्रे व्यसनस्यास्य भेषजम्। मिथ्यापवादोपहता नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे॥

citāṃ me kuru saumitre vyasanasyāsya bheṣajam| mithyāpavādopahatā nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe||

English Meaning

Make a funeral pyre for me, O Saumitri, that is the only remedy for this disaster. Being thus branded with an unfounded stigma I do not like to keep my life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)