Chapter 50 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 50.10

भविष्यति दृढं रामो दुःखप्रायो विसौख्यभाक् । प्राप्स्यते च महाबाहुर्विप्रयोगं प्रियैर्वृतम् ॥ त्वां चैव मैथिली चैव शत्रुघ्नभरतौ तथा। स त्यजिष्यति धर्मात्मा कालेन महता महान्॥

bhaviṣyati dṛḍhaṃ rāmo duḥkhaprāyo visaukhyabhāk | prāpsyate ca mahābāhurviprayogaṃ priyairvṛtam || tvāṃ caiva maithilī caiva śatrughnabharatau tathā| sa tyajiṣyati dharmātmā kālena mahatā mahān||

English Meaning

Rāma shall be deprived of all happiness and be separated from his dear wife; what more, the virtuous-souled Rāma, having long arms, shall, under the influence of time, renounce you, Sītā, Śatrughna and Bharata.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)