Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.34

अतो दु:खतरं किं नु प्रमदानां भविष्यति। मम शोको विलापश्च यादृशोऽयमनन्तकः॥

ato du:khataraṃ kiṃ nu pramadānāṃ bhaviṣyati| mama śoko vilāpaśca yādṛśo'yamanantakaḥ||

English Meaning

There can be no greater misery for women than this my boundless grief and lamentations.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)