Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.40

देवतानां पितृणां च मातापित्रोस्तथैव च। मा स्म कार्षीत् स शुश्रूषां यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः।॥

devatānāṃ pitṛṇāṃ ca mātāpitrostathaiva ca| mā sma kārṣīt sa śuśrūṣāṃ yasyāryo'numate gataḥ|||

English Meaning

May he that had approved the exile of that noble one into the woods, never serve the gods or the manes of the ancestors or his father and mother!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)