Chapter 13 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 13.5

स्वर्गेऽपि खलु रामस्य कुशलं दैवतैरहम्। प्रत्यादेशादभिहितं धारयिष्ये कथं बत॥

svarge'pi khalu rāmasya kuśalaṃ daivatairaham| pratyādeśādabhihitaṃ dhārayiṣye kathaṃ bata||

English Meaning

When in heaven, questioning me as to Rāma's welfare, the celestials, learning of his banishment to the woods, will tax me on this score, how shall I also bear that reproach of theirs?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)