Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.68

अहो दुःखमहो कृच्छं यत्र वाचः क्षमे तव। दुःखमेवंविधं प्राप्तं पुरा कृतमिवाशुभम्॥

aho duḥkhamaho kṛcchaṃ yatra vācaḥ kṣame tava| duḥkhamevaṃvidhaṃ prāptaṃ purā kṛtamivāśubham||

English Meaning

Alas! alas! having promised you the boon, I have to bear these words of yours; and have come by this grief like to evil consequent upon misdeeds in a previous existence.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)