Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.2

अदृष्टदुःखो धर्मात्मा सर्वभूतप्रियंवदः। मयि जातो दशरथात् कथमुञ्छेन वर्तयेत्॥

adṛṣṭaduḥkho dharmātmā sarvabhūtapriyaṃvadaḥ| mayi jāto daśarathāt kathamuñchena vartayet||

English Meaning

How shall this virtuous-souled one, beloved of people and who has never experienced misfortune before, live on grains gleaned, being born of me to Dasaratha?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)