Ramayana

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अजीवनार्हेण मया नृशंसा कृता प्रतिज्ञा नियमेन तावत् | तवया हि बाल्यात् प्रतिपन्नमेतत् तन्मां दहेद्वेणुमिवात्मपुष्पम् || २-३८-७

sanskrit

By giving this cruel promise through importunity, I have rendered myself unfit to live. This promise was made as a child's play and it (now) destroys me like a bamboo destroyed by its own flowers. [2-38-7]

english translation

ajIvanArheNa mayA nRzaMsA kRtA pratijJA niyamena tAvat | tavayA hi bAlyAt pratipannametat tanmAM dahedveNumivAtmapuSpam || 2-38-7

hk transliteration