Chapter 22 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 22.8

तस्यापि हि भवेदस्मिन् कर्मण्यप्रतिसंहते। सत्यं नेति मनस्तापस्तस्य तापस्तपेच्च माम्॥

tasyāpi hi bhavedasmin karmaṇyapratisaṃhate| satyaṃ neti manastāpastasya tāpastapecca mām||

English Meaning

If this work of installation be not stopped, my father shall be greatly pained at heart thinking that his vows shall not be fulfilled and his sorrow will also ache me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)