Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.62

कृपणं बत वैदेही श्रोष्यति द्वयमप्रियम् ॥ मां च पञ्चत्वमापन्नं रामं च वनमाश्रितम्।

kṛpaṇaṃ bata vaidehī śroṣyati dvayamapriyam || māṃ ca pañcatvamāpannaṃ rāmaṃ ca vanamāśritam|

English Meaning

Ah! woe to me! Vaidehi will have to hear of two evil events, my death and Rāma's journey to the woods.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)