Kishkindha Kanda 62.15
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Kishkindha Kanda 62 · Verse 15
Sanskrit Original
इच्छाम्यहमपिद्रष्टुं भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ। नेच्छेचिरं धारयुतुं प्राणां स्त्यक्ष्ये कलेबरं। महर्षि स्त्वब्रवीदेवं दृष्टतत्वार्थदर्शनः।।
icchāmyahamapidraṣṭuṅ bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau. nēcchēciraṅ dhārayutuṅ prāṇāṅ styakṣyē kalēbaraṅ. maharṣi stvabravīdēvaṅ dṛṣṭatatvārthadarśanaḥ৷৷
'I also want to see Rama and Lakshmana. But I do not like to hold on to my life for long. Hence I will give up my body'. The knower of self, the sage (Nishakara) said this to Sampati. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये किष्किन्धाकाण्डे द्विषष्टितम स्सर्गः।। Thus ends the sixtysecond sarga in Kishkindakanda of the first epic, the Holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.