स एव रामो भवता नीयते राक्षसान् प्रति । यदि तत्पुत्रहीनं त्वं मृतमेवाऽऽशु विद्धि माम् ॥ २१ ॥
sa ēva rāmō bhavatā nīyatē rākṣasān prati | yadi tatputrahīnaṁ tvaṁ mṛtamēvā’’śu viddhi mām || 21 ||
Translation
"If you take that very Rāma to the demons, then know me, bereft of that son, to be dead already.
Word by word
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- ēva
- very (twice: then already)
- rāmō
- (rāmaḥ) Rāma
- bhavatā
- by you
- nīyatē
- is taken
- rākṣasān
- the demons
- prati
- to
- yadi
- if
- tat
- that
- putra
- son
- hīnaṁ
- bereft of
- tvaṁ
- you
- mṛtam
- dead
- āśu
- at once
- viddhi
- know
- mām
- me
Meaning
The king says plainly that losing Rāma would kill him, as in the Rāmāyaṇa it later does.