Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.34

स ते सुखोचितो बालो रामस्य सहजो रिपुः। समृद्धार्थस्य नष्टार्थो जीविष्यति कथं वशे ॥

sa te sukhocito bālo rāmasya sahajo ripuḥ| samṛddhārthasya naṣṭārtho jīviṣyati kathaṃ vaśe ||

English Meaning

That boy deserving of happiness is the natural enemy of Rāma. How can he live under the prosperous Rāma being deprived of all wealth.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)