Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.17

इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले देवि सम्प्राप्तः सुमहानयम्। अनयो नयसम्पन्ने यत्र ते विकृता मतिः॥

ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule devi samprāptaḥ sumahānayam| anayo nayasampanne yatra te vikṛtā matiḥ||

English Meaning

And this signal lawlessness, O exalted lady, has befallen the race of the Ikşvākus, the cause of which, O You versed in moral laws, is your mental derangement.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)