Chapter 48 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 48.19

या पुत्रं पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य प्रवासयति निघृणा। कस्तां प्राप्य सुखं जीवेदधा दुष्टचारिणीम्॥

yā putraṃ pārthivendrasya pravāsayati nighṛṇā| kastāṃ prāpya sukhaṃ jīvedadhā duṣṭacāriṇīm||

English Meaning

What happiness can be ours by living with that wicked and unrighteous one who lost to every sense of shame is bent upon exiling the son of the foremost of kings?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)