Chapter 99 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 99

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 99.27

मनिमित्तमिदं दुःखं प्राप्तो रामः सुखोचितः। धिग्जीवितं नृशंसस्य मम लोकविगर्हितम्॥

manimittamidaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpto rāmaḥ sukhocitaḥ| dhigjīvitaṃ nṛśaṃsasya mama lokavigarhitam||

English Meaning

It is for me that Rama, although deserving of comfort, has come by this misfortune. Wicked that I am, fie upon my life despised of men!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)