Valmiki Ramayana Bala Kanda Sarga 58 Shloka 18
Original Shlokaसशरीरो दिवं यायामिति मे सौम्यदर्शनम्। मया चेष्टं क्रतुशतं तच्च नाऽवाप्यते फलम्।।1.58.18।।
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English Translation
सौम्य O Gentle sage, सशरीर: with my physical body, दिवम् heaven, यायाम् I may enter, इति thus, मे my, दर्शनम् intention, मया by me, क्रतुशतम् a hundred sacrifices, इष्टम् performed, तत् that, फलम् fruit of it, नावाप्यते च was not obtained.
English Commentary
O Gentle sage it is my intention to enter heaven with my physical body. I performed a hundred sacrifices but did not reap its fruit.