Chapter 71 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 71.45

अथवा त्वं प्रतिस्तब्धो न निवर्तितुमिच्छसि। तिष्ठ प्राणान्परित्यज्य गमिष्यसि यमक्षयम्॥

athavā tvaṃ pratistabdho na nivartitumicchasi| tiṣṭha prāṇānparityajya gamiṣyasi yamakṣayam||

English Meaning

Or it may be that you are proud; and therefore, have no mind to return. Stay then. Renouncing your life, you shall go to Yama's mansion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)