Chapter 11 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 11.1

स बभूव कृशो राजा मैथिलीकाममोहितः। असन्मानाच्च सुहृदां पापः पापेन कर्मणा॥

sa babhūva kṛśo rājā maithilīkāmamohitaḥ| asanmānācca suhṛdāṃ pāpaḥ pāpena karmaṇā||

English Meaning

The unrighteous king, overmastered by his passion (for Sītā), in consequence of his sinful act as well as the loss of honour he sustained at the hands of his friends, became reduced.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)