Chapter 56 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 56.21

मयाभिमन्त्रिता पूर्वं कस्मात्त्वमवसर्जिता। पतिमन्यं वृतवती किमर्थ दुष्टचारिणि ॥ अनेन दुष्कृतेन त्वं मत्क्रोधकलुषीकृता। मनुष्यलोकमास्थाय कंचित्कालं निवत्स्यसि।।२४

mayābhimantritā pūrvaṃ kasmāttvamavasarjitā| patimanyaṃ vṛtavatī kimartha duṣṭacāriṇi || anena duṣkṛtena tvaṃ matkrodhakaluṣīkṛtā| manuṣyalokamāsthāya kaṃcitkālaṃ nivatsyasi||24

English Meaning

I invited you first; O you of vicious actions, why have, you, renouncing me, secured another. for this vile action, you shall, by my curse live in the land of mortals for some time.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)