Chapter 111 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 111.39

न चैनमाश्वासयसि किं वा न बहुमन्यसे। यास्त्वया विधवा राजन्कृता नैका कुलस्त्रियः।।६४ पतिव्रता धर्मरता गुरुशुश्रूषणे रताः। ताभिः शोकाभितप्ताभिः शप्तः परवशं गतः॥ त्वया विप्रकृताभिश्च तदा शप्तस्तदागतम्।

na cainamāśvāsayasi kiṃ vā na bahumanyase| yāstvayā vidhavā rājankṛtā naikā kulastriyaḥ||64 pativratā dharmaratā guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratāḥ| tābhiḥ śokābhitaptābhiḥ śaptaḥ paravaśaṃ gataḥ|| tvayā viprakṛtābhiśca tadā śaptastadāgatam|

English Meaning

O king, being imprecated by those damsels, not one devoted to their husbands, pious and ever engaged in attending upon their superiors, who had been widowed by you, you have been overpowered by your enemy. The curse, proceeding from them who had been ill-treated by you has born fruit.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)