Ayodhya Kanda 38.7
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 38 · Verse 7
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अजीवनार्हेण मया नृशंसा कृता प्रतिज्ञा नियमेन तावत्। तवया हि बाल्यात् प्रतिपन्नमेतत् तन्मां दहेद्वेणुमिवात्मपुष्पम्।।
ajīvanārhēṇa mayā nṛśaṅsā kṛtā pratijñā niyamēna tāvat. tavayā hi bālyāt pratipannamētat tanmāṅ dahēdvēṇumivātmapuṣpam৷৷
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By giving this cruel promise through importunity, I have rendered myself unfit to live. This promise was made as a child's play and it (now) destroys me like a bamboo destroyed by its own flowers.