Chapter 48 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 48.22

ते विषं पिबतालोड्य क्षीणपुण्याः सुदुःखिताः। राघवं वानुगच्छध्वमश्रुतिं वापि गच्छत॥

te viṣaṃ pibatāloḍya kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ| rāghavaṃ vānugacchadhvamaśrutiṃ vāpi gacchata||

English Meaning

Do you, your virtue exhausted, and oppressed with grief, pounding poison, take it, or follow Rāghava, or remove to such a place that the very name of Kaikeyī may not reach your ears.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)