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)