Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.19

परिपालयमानस्य राज्ञो भूतानि पुत्रवत्। ततस्तु दुह्यतां पापं यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥

paripālayamānasya rājño bhūtāni putravat| tatastu duhyatāṃ pāpaṃ yasyāryo'numate gataḥ||

English Meaning

May that one that had approved the exile of the noble Rāma to the woods, be guilty of the sin that is his that injures a sovereign engaged in ruling his subjects like sons!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)