Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.89

अनर्थभावेऽर्थपरे नृशंसे ममानुतापाय निवेशितासि। किमप्रियं पश्यसि मन्निमित्तं हितानुकारिण्यथवापि रामे॥

anarthabhāve'rthapare nṛśaṃse mamānutāpāya niveśitāsi| kimapriyaṃ paśyasi mannimittaṃ hitānukāriṇyathavāpi rāme||

English Meaning

O you that is intent upon doing mischief to all, O you addicted to selfishness, O cruel one, has God made your mind so very vile, only to torment me? What wrong have you come by either through me, or Rāma ever engaged in your welfare?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)