Chapter 114 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 114

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 114.2

यन्निमित्तोऽयमारम्भः कर्मणां यः फलोदयः। तां देवीं शोकसंतप्तां द्रष्टुमर्हसि मैथिलीम्॥

yannimitto'yamārambhaḥ karmaṇāṃ yaḥ phalodayaḥ| tāṃ devīṃ śokasaṃtaptāṃ draṣṭumarhasi maithilīm||

English Meaning

It behove you now to see Maithili, stricken with grief for whom you did initiate all these works and the fruit whereof has now been attained.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)