Chapter 9 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 9.8

एतनिमित्तं वैदेही भयं नः सुमहद्भवेत्। आहता सा परित्याज्या कलहार्थे कृते नु किम्॥

etanimittaṃ vaidehī bhayaṃ naḥ sumahadbhavet| āhatā sā parityājyā kalahārthe kṛte nu kim||

English Meaning

It is for this great fear that exercise us on the score of Vaidehi owing its existence to this,* that she, having been ravished, should (now) be given up. What is the use of acting so that quarrel may be the consequence? *The feeling of revenge for the slaughter of Khara and the rest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)