Chapter 20 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 20.12

मातापितृसुतस्नेहभाबन्धुमनोरमैः। मोहितोऽयं जनो ध्वस्तः क्लेशं स्वं नावबुध्यते।।१४

mātāpitṛsutasnehabhābandhumanoramaiḥ| mohito'yaṃ jano dhvastaḥ kleśaṃ svaṃ nāvabudhyate||14

English Meaning

Down fallen on account of their attachment for their mothers and fathers and sons, and of their desires touching their wives and friends they set small store by labours having the hereafter as their object.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)