Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.22

क्रीडतस्त्वेष नः पुत्रान् बालानुभ्रान्तचेतसः। सरय्वां प्रक्षिपन्मौादतुलां प्रीतिमश्नुते॥

krīḍatastveṣa naḥ putrān bālānubhrāntacetasaḥ| sarayvāṃ prakṣipanmauādatulāṃ prītimaśnute||

English Meaning

“Through his impudence this one of perverted sense by way of diversion throwing our sons into the Sarayū, finds extreme delight.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)