Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.48

नहि शक्या प्रवेष्टुं सा मयायोध्या त्वया विना। राजधानी महेन्द्रस्य यथा दुष्कृतकर्मणा॥

nahi śakyā praveṣṭuṃ sā mayāyodhyā tvayā vinā| rājadhānī mahendrasya yathā duṣkṛtakarmaṇā||

English Meaning

Even as a doer of evil deeds cannot enter the metropolis of the mighty Indra, I am incapable of entering Ayodhyā without you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)