Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.6

हितबुद्ध्या खलु वचो मयैतदभिधीयते। सदा सुखं न जानामि दुःखमेव सदा वनम्॥

hitabuddhyā khalu vaco mayaitadabhidhīyate| sadā sukhaṃ na jānāmi duḥkhameva sadā vanam||

English Meaning

It is for your welfare that I give utterance to these words; happiness there is none, it is always covered with miseries.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)