Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.24

अचिरेणैव कालेन प्राप्स्याम्येनं मनोरथम्। दुष्प्रस्थानोऽयमाभाति सर्वेषां वो विपर्ययः॥

acireṇaiva kālena prāpsyāmyenaṃ manoratham| duṣprasthāno'yamābhāti sarveṣāṃ vo viparyayaḥ||

English Meaning

And soon shall this desire of mine be fulfilled. All these words of mine do sound improbable now but they all indicate your misfortune.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)