Chapter 53 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 53.11

यदि भर्तृहितार्थाय चरन्तं भर्तृशासनात्। निबध्नन्ते दुरात्मानो न तु मे निष्कृतिः कृता॥

yadi bhartṛhitārthāya carantaṃ bhartṛśāsanāt| nibadhnante durātmāno na tu me niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā||

English Meaning

Although agreeably to the mandate of their master these wicked-minded ones have bound me, yet have they not been able to clear scores with me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)