Chapter 47 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 47.9

यानि राज्ञा हृदि न्यस्तान्यमर्षात्पृष्ठतः कृतः। सा त्वं त्यक्ता नृपतिना निर्दोषा मम संनिधौ॥ पौरापवादभीतेन ग्राह्यं देवि न तेऽन्यथा। आश्रमान्तेषु च मया त्यक्तव्या त्वं भविष्यसि ॥ राज्ञः शासनमादाय तथैव किल दौर्हदम्।

yāni rājñā hṛdi nyastānyamarṣātpṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtaḥ| sā tvaṃ tyaktā nṛpatinā nirdoṣā mama saṃnidhau|| paurāpavādabhītena grāhyaṃ devi na te'nyathā| āśramānteṣu ca mayā tyaktavyā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi || rājñaḥ śāsanamādāya tathaiva kila daurhadam|

English Meaning

I only say so much, that afraid of the calumny of the citizens he has renounced you although your purity was sufficiently proved before me. But for that, do not consider yourself in any way guilty. Rāma has commanded me to leave you near the hermitage on the pretext of satisfying your desire as you are big with a child.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)