Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.22

रोचयस्यभिरामस्य रामस्य शुभलोचने। तव शुश्रूषमाणस्य किमर्थं विप्रवासनम्॥

rocayasyabhirāmasya rāmasya śubhalocane| tava śuśrūṣamāṇasya kimarthaṃ vipravāsanam||

English Meaning

Why do you, O you of graceful eyes, wish Rāma, captivating all creatures, and engaged in ministering to you, to be banished?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)