Chapter 49 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 49.10

उपालम्भं न शक्ष्यामि सोढुमम्बासुमित्रया। इहैव देहं त्यक्ष्यामि नहि जीवितुमुत्सहे॥

upālambhaṃ na śakṣyāmi soḍhumambāsumitrayā| ihaiva dehaṃ tyakṣyāmi nahi jīvitumutsahe||

English Meaning

I shall not be able to bear the rebuke of mother Sumitră. Therefore even here shall I renounce my person; for certainly I dare not live.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)