Chapter 56 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 56.6

रामस्य न कृतं कार्यं न कृतं राजशासनम्। हरीणामियमज्ञाता विपत्तिः सहसाऽऽगता॥

rāmasya na kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ na kṛtaṃ rājaśāsanam| harīṇāmiyamajñātā vipattiḥ sahasā''gatā||

English Meaning

Rāma's work has not been done; nor the royal mandate. And this disaster has arrived unthought of by the monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)