Chapter 74 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 74.3

किं नु तेऽदूषयद् रामो राजा वा भृशधार्मिकः। ययोर्मृत्युर्विवासश्च त्वत्कृते तुल्यमागतौ॥

kiṃ nu te'dūṣayad rāmo rājā vā bhṛśadhārmikaḥ| yayormṛtyurvivāsaśca tvatkṛte tulyamāgatau||

English Meaning

What qualities of yours were taxed by the king or the exceedingly virtuous Rāma, that both of them simultaneously have come by death and exile respectively through your agency?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)