Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.42

स त्वं धर्म परित्यज्य रामं राज्येऽभिषिच्य च। सह कौसल्यया नित्यं रन्तुमिच्छसि दुर्मते॥

sa tvaṃ dharma parityajya rāmaṃ rājye'bhiṣicya ca| saha kausalyayā nityaṃ rantumicchasi durmate||

English Meaning

O you of perverted understanding, renouncing righteousness, and installing Rāma in the kingdom, you wish ever to give yourself up to pleasure with Kausalyă.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)