Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.71

तं तु मां जीवलोकोऽयं नूनमाक्रोष्टुमर्हति। मया ह्यपितृकः पुत्रः स महात्मा दुरात्मना ॥

taṃ tu māṃ jīvaloko'yaṃ nūnamākroṣṭumarhati| mayā hyapitṛkaḥ putraḥ sa mahātmā durātmanā ||

English Meaning

Surely, people will be justified in condemning me wicked-minded that I am, for my son having been deprived of his ancestral kingdom by me; saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)