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Verse 326.12

Sarga 55

अहं वः प्रतिजानामि नागमिष्याम्यहं पुरीम्। इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये श्रेयो मरणमेव मे।।4.55.12।।

ahaṃ vaḥ pratijānāmi nāgamiṣyāmyahaṃ purīm. ihaiva prāyamāsiṣye śreyo maraṇameva me..4.55.12..

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English Translation

"'I swear I will not return to the city. I will fast unto death here only. Death for me is desirable."

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Word Meanings

अहम् I am, वः to you, प्रतिजानामि I pledge, अहम् I am, पुरीम् to city, न आगमिष्यामि I will not come, इहैव here only, प्रायम् आसिष्ये I seek death by fasting, मे to me, मरणमेव death alone, श्रेयः better.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 55

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326.12