Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.16

कच्चित्ते परुषं किंचिदभिमानात् पिता मम। उक्तो भवत्या रोषेण येनास्य लुलितं मनः॥

kaccitte paruṣaṃ kiṃcidabhimānāt pitā mama| ukto bhavatyā roṣeṇa yenāsya lulitaṃ manaḥ||

English Meaning

Oh mother, have you spoken any harsh word to my father either through anger or through haughtiness for which his mind is thus pulled down?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)