Chapter 63 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 63.4

पूर्वं मया नूनमभीप्सितानि पापानि कर्माण्यसकृत्कृतानि। तत्रायमद्यापतितो विपाको दुःखेन दुःखं यदहं विशामि॥

pūrvaṃ mayā nūnamabhīpsitāni pāpāni karmāṇyasakṛtkṛtāni| tatrāyamadyāpatito vipāko duḥkhena duḥkhaṃ yadahaṃ viśāmi||

English Meaning

Surely did I perpetrate many a vicious deed in of my my previous birth, the fruit of which I do now suffer and in consequence where-of misfortune after misfortune has befallen me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)