Chapter 74 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 74.7

मातृरूपे ममामित्रे नृशंसे राज्यकामुके। न तेऽहमभिभाष्योऽस्मि दुर्वृत्ते पतिघातिनि।७।।

mātṛrūpe mamāmitre nṛśaṃse rājyakāmuke| na te'hamabhibhāṣyo'smi durvṛtte patighātini|7||

English Meaning

O you enemy of mine in the guise of a mother! O fell one! O you that covetest the kingdom! do you not speak to me, O wicked wretch!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)