Chapter 28 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 28.10

नूनं स कालो मामल्पभाग्यां लुलुभे तदानीम्। यत्रार्यपुत्रौ विससर्ज मूढा रामानुजं लक्ष्मणपूर्वजं च ॥

nūnaṃ sa kālo māmalpabhāgyāṃ lulubhe tadānīm| yatrāryaputrau visasarja mūḍhā rāmānujaṃ lakṣmaṇapūrvajaṃ ca ||

English Meaning

Unfortunate as I am, forsooth I was tempted then by death wearing the shape of a deer and thus foolishly lost Rāma and Lakşmana, the sons of the worshipful sire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)