Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 64: Daśaratha Gives up his Life in Remembrance of Lord RāmaText 2.64.40
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 64: Daśaratha Gives up his Life in Remembrance of Lord Rāma
Text 2.64.40
दातुमर्हति धर्मात्मा लोकपालो महायशाः।
ईदृशस्य ममाक्षय्यामेकामभयदक्षिणाम्॥
dātum arhati dharmātmā lokapālo mahā-yaśāḥ
īdṛśasya mamākṣayyām ekām abhaya-dakṣiṇām
dātum arhati = should grant; dharma-ātmā = Yamarāja; lokapālaḥ = lokapāla; mahā-yaśāḥ = that greatly reputed; īdṛśasya = a person like; mama = me; akṣayyām ekām = an unfailing; abhaya-dakṣiṇām = gift, fearlessness.
“That greatly reputed Lokapāla, Yamarāja, should grant a person like me an unfailing gift—fearlessness.”