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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.34

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 43: Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā. He identifies the cry as deception, but her accusations overcome his resolve to stay and he departs toward Rāma

In the sequence: Sītā repeats that she will kill herself if Rāma is lost and beats her body in grief

3.43.34

pibāmi vā viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam
na tv ahaṃ rāghavād anyaṃ padāpi puruṣaṃ spṛśe

or I shall drink virulent poison, or enter the fire; but I will not touch any man other than Rāghava, not even with my foot.'

Words: pibāmi — I shall drink; vā — or; viṣaṃ — poison; tīkṣṇaṃ — sharp, virulent; pravekṣyāmi — I shall enter; hutāśanam — the fire; na — not; tv — but; ahaṃ — I; rāghavād — than Rāghava; anyaṃ — other; padāpi — even with a foot; puruṣaṃ — a man; spṛśe — I touch

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.