Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.40

उपवासैश्च योगैश्च बहुभिश्च परिश्रमैः। दुःखसंवर्धितो मोघं त्वं हि दुर्गतया मया॥

upavāsaiśca yogaiśca bahubhiśca pariśramaiḥ| duḥkhasaṃvardhito moghaṃ tvaṃ hi durgatayā mayā||

English Meaning

Wretched as I am, in vain have I brought you up with fasts, contemplation's and many other toilsome austerities.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)