Chapter 48 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 48.7

किं नु वक्ष्यामि मुनिषु कर्म चासत्कृतं प्रभो। कस्मिन्वा कारणे त्यक्ता राघवेण महात्मना॥

kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi muniṣu karma cāsatkṛtaṃ prabho| kasminvā kāraṇe tyaktā rāghaveṇa mahātmanā||

English Meaning

What reply shall I offer to the ascetics when they shall ask me "Child, why has the highsouled Rāghava renounced you? What sin have you committed?"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)