Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.16

सा त्वमभ्युदये प्राप्ते दह्यमानेव मन्थरे। भविष्यति च कल्याणे किमिदं परितप्यसे॥

sā tvamabhyudaye prāpte dahyamāneva manthare| bhaviṣyati ca kalyāṇe kimidaṃ paritapyase||

English Meaning

O Mantharā, you burn (with grief) in this auspicious time. Our good fortune will come (after this in the shape of Bharata's installation); why then do you grieve.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)