Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.90

परित्यजेयुः पितरोऽपि पुत्रान् भार्याः पतींश्चापि कृतानुरागाः। कृत्स्नं हि सर्वं कुपितं जगत् स्याद् दृष्ट्वैव रामं व्यसने निमग्नम्॥

parityajeyuḥ pitaro'pi putrān bhāryāḥ patīṃścāpi kṛtānurāgāḥ| kṛtsnaṃ hi sarvaṃ kupitaṃ jagat syād dṛṣṭvaiva rāmaṃ vyasane nimagnam||

English Meaning

On beholding Rāma plunged in sorrow, fathers will forsake sons, and wives attached to their husbands will forsake them, and the entire earth will be affected with ill-humour.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)