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)