Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.21

अत्यन्तसुकुमारस्य तस्य धर्मे कृतात्मनः। कथं रोचयसे वासमरण्येभृशदारुणे॥

atyantasukumārasya tasya dharme kṛtātmanaḥ| kathaṃ rocayase vāsamaraṇyebhṛśadāruṇe||

English Meaning

Why do you like that the exceedingly tender Rāma with his soul established in virtue, should dwell in the woods, undergoing terrible hardship?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)