Verse 7·VR 2.38.7

अजीवनार्हेण मया नृशंसा | कृता प्रतिज्ञा नियमेन तावत् | त्वया हि बाल्यात् प्रतिपन्नमेतत् | त्न्माम् दहेद् वेणुमिवात्मपुष्पम् || २-३८-७

ajiivanaarheNa mayaa nR^isha.nsaa | kR^itaa pratijJNaa niyamena taavat | tvayaa hi baalyaat pratipannametat | tnmaam dahed veNumivaatmapushhpam || 2-38-7

Translation

"A Cruel pledge has been made on oath by me, who do not deserve to survive. This (providing robes of hermitess to Seetha) has been initiated by you by sheer childishness. That will consume me, as by its own flower to a bamboo."

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Dasaratha is Enraged

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