I shall renounce my life before you, therefore, O Laksmana; without Rāma I shall not maintain my being for a moment on this earth.
समक्षं तव सौमित्रे प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्याम्यसंशयम्॥ रामं बिना क्षणमपि नैव जीवामि भूतले।