Chapter 66 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 66.24

पलायनेन चोद्दिष्टाः प्राणानक्षामहे वयम्। एकेन बहवो भग्ना यशोनाशं गमिष्यति॥

palāyanena coddiṣṭāḥ prāṇānakṣāmahe vayam| ekena bahavo bhagnā yaśonāśaṃ gamiṣyati||

English Meaning

If we save our lives by flight, and if the many are brought down by one, we shall lose our fame utterly.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)