Chapter 109 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 109.2

भवान् मे प्रियकामार्थं वचनं यदिहोक्तवान्। अकार्यं कार्यसंकाशमपथ्यं पथ्यसंनिभम् ॥

bhavān me priyakāmārthaṃ vacanaṃ yadihoktavān| akāryaṃ kāryasaṃkāśamapathyaṃ pathyasaṃnibham ||

English Meaning

What you, wishing for my welfare, have dwelt upon, though wearing the guise of a good action, is really not such; and though appearing to be beneficent, is really calculated to entail misery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)