Chapter 54 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 54.4

किं मयापकृतं तस्य महर्षे वितात्मनः। यन्मामनागसं दृष्ट्वा भक्तां त्यजति धार्मिकः॥

kiṃ mayāpakṛtaṃ tasya maharṣe vitātmanaḥ| yanmāmanāgasaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktāṃ tyajati dhārmikaḥ||

English Meaning

What wrong have I done to that mighty ascetic of concentrated spirit, that, knowing me to be faultless, that righteous one leave her that was devoted to his service?'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)