Chapter 50 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 50.3

ततो दुःखतरं किं नु राघवस्य भविष्यति। पत्नी शुद्धसमाचारां विसृज्य जनकात्मजाम्॥

tato duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ nu rāghavasya bhaviṣyati| patnī śuddhasamācārāṃ visṛjya janakātmajām||

English Meaning

His spouse-the daughter of Janaka, is perfectly pure; what can be more painful than that Rāma is living alone having renounced her?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)