Chapter 57 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 57.33

सर्वथा तु कृतं कष्टं सीतामुत्सृजता वने। प्रतिकर्तुं नृशंसानां रक्षसां दत्तमन्तरम्॥

sarvathā tu kṛtaṃ kaṣṭaṃ sītāmutsṛjatā vane| pratikartuṃ nṛśaṃsānāṃ rakṣasāṃ dattamantaram||

English Meaning

You have every way acted unwisely in having left Şītā alone in the wood. By this you have afforded opportunity to the cruel Rākşasas to repair the mischief (I have done them).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)