Chapter 73 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 73.7

रामस्य दुष्कृतं किंचिन्महदस्ति न संशयः। यथा हि विषयस्थानां बालानां मृत्युरागतः॥

rāmasya duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃcinmahadasti na saṃśayaḥ| yathā hi viṣayasthānāṃ bālānāṃ mṛtyurāgataḥ||

English Meaning

Forsooth, Rāma has perpetrated a mighty iniquity for which boys, during his administration, have been meeting with untimely death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)