Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.13

लुब्धाया विदिती मन्ये न तेऽहं राघवं यथा। तथा ह्यनर्थो राज्यार्थं त्वयानीतो महानयम्॥

lubdhāyā viditī manye na te'haṃ rāghavaṃ yathā| tathā hyanartho rājyārthaṃ tvayānīto mahānayam||

English Meaning

I deem that you did not know how very highly I regarded Rāghava; and therefore it is that you have brought this mighty calamity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)