Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.4

कुलस्य त्वमभावाय कालरात्रिरिवागता। अङ्गारमुपगूह्य स्म पिता मे नावबुद्धवान् ॥

kulasya tvamabhāvāya kālarātririvāgatā| aṅgāramupagūhya sma pitā me nāvabuddhavān ||

English Meaning

You have come like the fatal night for the destruction of this race. Not under-standing it, my father embraced live coal.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)