And albeit age has deprived me of energy, and albeit my life hangs loosely on me, yet, if this is Rāma's work, it should be done by me first.
रामस्य यदिदं कार्यं कर्तव्यं प्रथमं मया। जरया च हृतं तेजः प्राणाश्च शिथिला मम॥