Chapter 49 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 49.5

किं न मे सीतया कार्यं लब्धया जीवितेन वा। शयानं योऽद्य पश्यामि भ्रातरं युधि निर्जितम्॥

kiṃ na me sītayā kāryaṃ labdhayā jīvitena vā| śayānaṃ yo'dya paśyāmi bhrātaraṃ yudhi nirjitam||

English Meaning

Of what use to me is the recovery of Sītă, or life either, when today I see my brother vanquished in fight and lying down in the field?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)