विप्रयुक्तो हि रामेण मुहूर्तमपि नोत्सहे । जीवितुं जीविताकाङ्क्षी न रामं नेतुमर्हसि ॥ १८ ॥
viprayuktō hi rāmēṇa muhūrtamapi nōtsahē | jīvituṁ jīvitākāṅkṣī na rāmaṁ nētumarhasi || 18 ||
Translation
"Parted from Rāma I cannot bear to live even a moment. If you want me to live, you will not take Rāma away.
Word by word
- viprayuktō
- (viprayuktaḥ) parted
- hi
- for
- rāmēṇa
- from Rāma
- muhūrtam
- a moment
- api
- even
- na
- not
- utsahē
- I can bear
- jīvituṁ
- to live
- jīvita
- that I live
- ākāṅkṣī
- if you want
- rāmaṁ
- Rāma
- nētum
- to take away
- arhasi
- you will
Meaning
The plea becomes personal: the king's own life is at stake.