Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.55

तां तु मे सुकृतां बुद्धिं सुहृद्भिः सह निश्चिताम्॥ कथं द्रक्ष्याम्यपावृत्तां परैरिव हतां चमूम्।

tāṃ tu me sukṛtāṃ buddhiṃ suhṛdbhiḥ saha niścitām|| kathaṃ drakṣyāmyapāvṛttāṃ parairiva hatāṃ camūm|

English Meaning

How shall I, having in consultation with my friends come to this decision, retract the same, like to an army defeated by the enemy?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)