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)