Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.20

न चाधर्म्यं वचः श्रुत्वा सपत्न्या मम भाषितम्। विहाय शोकसंतप्ता गन्तुमर्हसि मामितः॥

na cādharmyaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sapatnyā mama bhāṣitam| vihāya śokasaṃtaptā gantumarhasi māmitaḥ||

English Meaning

It does not behove you, hearing the sinful words given vent to by the co-wife, to repair hence, leaving me who is sore distressed with sorrow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)