Chapter 53 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 53.10

अप्रवृत्तो च सीतायाः पापमेव करिष्यति। तस्मात् क्षममिहाद्यैव्र गन्तुं प्रायोपवेशनम्॥ त्यक्त्वा पुत्रांश्च दारांश्च धनानि च गृहाणि च ।

apravṛtto ca sītāyāḥ pāpameva kariṣyati| tasmāt kṣamamihādyaivra gantuṃ prāyopaveśanam|| tyaktvā putrāṃśca dārāṃśca dhanāni ca gṛhāṇi ca |

English Meaning

Sītā not having been found out, Sugrīva, for certain, shall commit this sin.* Therefore it is fit that, forsaking our sons, and wives, and wealth, and homes, we this very day sit down to starve ourselves to death. *i.e. slay us.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)