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)