Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.44

आशामाशंसमानानां दीनानामूलचक्षुषाम्। अर्थिनां वितथां कुर्याद् यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥

āśāmāśaṃsamānānāṃ dīnānāmūlacakṣuṣām| arthināṃ vitathāṃ kuryād yasyāryo'numate gataḥ||

English Meaning

May he that had approved the exile of that noble one render fruitless the hopes of poor people cherishing them and looking up (wistfully).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)