Chapter 22 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 22.4

युगपद् विहितं तात न मन्ये सुखमावयोः। सौहार्दै भ्रातृयुक्तं हि तदिदं जातमन्यथा॥

yugapad vihitaṃ tāta na manye sukhamāvayoḥ| sauhārdai bhrātṛyuktaṃ hi tadidaṃ jātamanyathā||

English Meaning

Methinks, O brother, it is not our fortune to enjoy at the same time the double bliss of fraternal affection and the enjoyment of kingdom, or else why has it happened otherwise?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)