यद्यहं भ्रातृहन्तारं न हन्मि युधि राघवम्। ननु मे मरणं श्रेयो न चेदं व्यर्थजीवितुम्॥
yadyahaṃ bhrātṛhantāraṃ na hanmi yudhi rāghavam| nanu me maraṇaṃ śreyo na cedaṃ vyarthajīvitum||
English Meaning
If I do not slay in encounter that slayer of my brother-Rāghava, certainly death is even that which is good for me, otherwise, this life is useless.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)