Aranya Kanda 56.21
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Aranya Kanda 56 · Verse 21
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Sanskrit Original
इदं शरीरं निस्संज्ञं बन्ध वा खातयस्व वा। नेदं शरीरं रक्षयं मे जीवितं वापि राक्षस।।
idaṅ śarīraṅ nissaṅjñaṅ bandha vā khātayasva vā. nēdaṅ śarīraṅ rakṣayaṅ mē jīvitaṅ vāpi rākṣasa৷৷
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O demon this body has (now) no consciousness. You may bind it or bury it. I do not think that this body or even this life need to be protected. But at no cost can I make this an object of censure on earth (must not be branded an unchaste woman).