This also shall you say again and again to that hero— my lord, 'O son of Dasaratha, I shall keep on this life for another month; and this I swear to you by truth that I will not live beyond this month.
इदं ब्रूयाश्च मे नाथं शूरं रामं पुनः पुनः। जीवितं धारयिष्यामि मासं दशरथात्मज ॥ ऊर्ध्वं मासान्न जीवेयं सत्येनाहं ब्रवीमि ते।