Chapter 22 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 22.3

सुग्रीव दोषेण न मां गन्तुमर्हसि किल्वषात्। कृष्यमाणं भविष्येण बुद्धिमोहेन मां बलात्॥

sugrīva doṣeṇa na māṃ gantumarhasi kilvaṣāt| kṛṣyamāṇaṃ bhaviṣyeṇa buddhimohena māṃ balāt||

English Meaning

O Sugrīva, do you not take to your heart the improper conduct I have shown towards you, being attracted by inevitable foolishness, subject as I was to sin.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)