The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c10.215

v1.c10.215

"Through fourteen seasons will I wear
"The hermit's dress and matted hair:
"With fruit and root my life sustain,
"And still beyond the realm remain,
"Longing for thee to come again.
"The rule and all affairs of state
"I, to these shoes, will delegate.
"And if, O tamer of thy foes,
"When fourteen years have reached their close
"I see thee not that day return.
"The kindled fire my frame shall burn".
Griffith's *Rāmāyaṇa* II, p. 453.