Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.66

अनृतैर्वत मां सान्त्वैः सान्त्वयन्ती स्म भाषसे। गीतशब्देन संरुध्य लुब्धो मृगमिवावधीः॥

anṛtairvata māṃ sāntvaiḥ sāntvayantī sma bhāṣase| gītaśabdena saṃrudhya lubdho mṛgamivāvadhīḥ||

English Meaning

Having soothed me with soft but false words, you speak thus. You have killed me like a deer that has been entrapped by a hunter, having been allured into the net through the sound of a song.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)