Chapter 59 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 59.15

न सुहृद्भिर्न चामात्यैर्मन्त्रयित्वा सनैगमैः। मयायमर्थः सम्मोहात् स्त्रीहेतोः सहसा कृतः॥

na suhṛdbhirna cāmātyairmantrayitvā sanaigamaiḥ| mayāyamarthaḥ sammohāt strīhetoḥ sahasā kṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

Without consulting with friends or courtiers or persons versed in the Vedas, I have in the interest of a woman rashly done this thing through ignorance.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)