Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.2

तदज्ञानान्महत्पापं कृत्वा संकुलितेन्द्रियः। एकस्त्वचिन्तयं बुद्ध्या कथं नु सुकृतं भवेत्॥

tadajñānānmahatpāpaṃ kṛtvā saṃkulitendriyaḥ| ekastvacintayaṃ buddhyā kathaṃ nu sukṛtaṃ bhavet||

English Meaning

Having unwittingly committed that great sin, I, with my senses oppressed through grief, thought within myself as to how I could mend it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)