Chapter 12 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 12.25

सर्वमेतन्महाराज कृतमप्रतिमं तव। विधीयेत सहास्माभिरादावेवास्य कर्मणः॥

sarvametanmahārāja kṛtamapratimaṃ tava| vidhīyeta sahāsmābhirādāvevāsya karmaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

O great king! all this (that you have done) is not worthy of you. If you had at the outset consulted us in this matter, we would have done what was proper. *i.e. we would have prevented you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)