Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.8

त्वं मयाऽऽत्मविनाशाय भवनं स्वं निवेशिता।९।। अविज्ञानानृपसुता व्याला तीक्ष्णविषा यथा।

tvaṃ mayā''tmavināśāya bhavanaṃ svaṃ niveśitā|9|| avijñānānṛpasutā vyālā tīkṣṇaviṣā yathā|

English Meaning

It is to bring down destruction upon myself that through ignorance I brought to this house you like to a serpent of virulent poison.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)