Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.14

वहन्तं किं तुदसि मां नियुज्य धुरि माहिते। अनार्ये कृत्यमारब्धं किं न पूर्वमुपारुधः॥

vahantaṃ kiṃ tudasi māṃ niyujya dhuri māhite| anārye kṛtyamārabdhaṃ kiṃ na pūrvamupārudhaḥ||

English Meaning

O worker of mischief, why having laid the load upon me, do you torment me? O ignoble one, why did you not ask for this, when you did first solicit the boon?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)