Chapter 38 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 38.9

ननु पर्याप्तमेवं ते पापे रामविवासनम्। किमेभिः कृपणैर्भूयः पातकैरपि ते कृतैः॥

nanu paryāptamevaṃ te pāpe rāmavivāsanam| kimebhiḥ kṛpaṇairbhūyaḥ pātakairapi te kṛtaiḥ||

English Meaning

Surely, O nefarious one, the banishment of Ráma is enough for you. Why then do you bend your mind to perpetrate these atrocious sins?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)