Chapter 87 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 87.13

शोच्यस्त्वमसि दुर्बुद्धे निन्दनीयश्च साधुभिः। यस्त्वं स्वजनमुत्सृज्य परभृत्यत्वमागतः॥

śocyastvamasi durbuddhe nindanīyaśca sādhubhiḥ| yastvaṃ svajanamutsṛjya parabhṛtyatvamāgataḥ||

English Meaning

O you of perverse understanding you are indeed to be pitied; as you are worthy of being reproached by the virtuous; since, renouncing your own, you have espoused servitude under another.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)