Chapter 49 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 49.21

जीवितं सुखमर्थं च धर्महेतोः परित्यजन्। ह्रियमाणामधर्मेण मां राघव न पश्यसि॥

jīvitaṃ sukhamarthaṃ ca dharmahetoḥ parityajan| hriyamāṇāmadharmeṇa māṃ rāghava na paśyasi||

English Meaning

O Rāghava, for virtue have you renounced your life, happiness and wealth,-do you not see that I have been carried away by one of mighty iniquity?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)