Chapter 40 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 40.3

दुष्कुलैतदयुक्तार्थं मारीच मयि कथ्यते। वाक्यं निष्फलमत्यर्थं बीजमुप्तमिवोखरे॥

duṣkulaitadayuktārthaṃ mārīca mayi kathyate| vākyaṃ niṣphalamatyarthaṃ bījamuptamivokhare||

English Meaning

O, Marica, what you have spoken to me, shall bear no fruit like to seeds sown into a desertland.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)