Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.18

न मे विकाङ्क्षा जायेत त्यक्तुं त्वां पापनिश्चयाम्। यदि रामस्य नावेक्षा त्वयि स्यान्मातृवत् सदा॥

na me vikāṅkṣā jāyeta tyaktuṃ tvāṃ pāpaniścayām| yadi rāmasya nāvekṣā tvayi syānmātṛvat sadā||

English Meaning

Nor, had Rāma not always regarded you as his mother, would I hesitate to renounce you, whose heart has been set on sin.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)