Chapter 80 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 80

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 80.8

व्यसनं सुमहत्क्रुद्धः स ते दद्यान्महातपाः। यदि वान्यन्मया कार्य धर्मदृष्टेन सत्पथा॥ वरयस्व नरश्रेष्ठ पितरं मे महाद्युतिम्। अन्यथा तु फलं तुभ्यं भवेद्धोराभिसंहितम्॥

vyasanaṃ sumahatkruddhaḥ sa te dadyānmahātapāḥ| yadi vānyanmayā kārya dharmadṛṣṭena satpathā|| varayasva naraśreṣṭha pitaraṃ me mahādyutim| anyathā tu phalaṃ tubhyaṃ bhaveddhorābhisaṃhitam||

English Meaning

Being enraged he shall imprecate you with a curse. O foremost of men, if you do cherish any desire for me, do you honestly and piously pray for it to my sire. Or else you shall suffer dreadful consequences in the long run.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)