Chapter 33 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 33.10

अद्य नूनं दशरथः सत्त्वमाविश्य भाषते। नहि राजा प्रियं पुत्रं विवासयितुमर्हति॥

adya nūnaṃ daśarathaḥ sattvamāviśya bhāṣate| nahi rājā priyaṃ putraṃ vivāsayitumarhati||

English Meaning

Surely to-day Dasaratha speaks thus, possessed by some evil spirit; for the king ought by no means to banish his beloved son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)