Chapter 13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 13.17

निवेद्यमाने दोषः स्याद् दोषः स्यादनिवेदने। कथं न खलु कर्तव्यं विषमं प्रतिभाति मे॥

nivedyamāne doṣaḥ syād doṣaḥ syādanivedane| kathaṃ na khalu kartavyaṃ viṣamaṃ pratibhāti me||

English Meaning

What is my course? I find myself in a false position. Things having drifted to this pass, what should I say, now that the time has come?'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)