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)