Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.23

स तासां वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रकृतीनां नराधिपः। तं तत्याजाहितं पुत्रं तासां प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥

sa tāsāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā prakṛtīnāṃ narādhipaḥ| taṃ tatyājāhitaṃ putraṃ tāsāṃ priyacikīrṣayā ||

English Meaning

Hearing these words of his subjects, that lord of men, with the intention of doing good to them, forsook that mischievous son of his.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)