Chapter 66 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 66.13

हा महाराज रामेण संततं प्रियवादिना। विहीनाः सत्यसंधेन किमर्थं विजहासि नः॥

hā mahārāja rāmeṇa saṃtataṃ priyavādinā| vihīnāḥ satyasaṃdhena kimarthaṃ vijahāsi naḥ||

English Meaning

O monarch, why do you forsake us, who have been already deprived of Rāma ever speaking fair and firm in promise?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)