Verse 4·VR 2.43.4

अथ स्म नगरे रामः चरन् भैक्षम् गृहे वसेत् | काम कारः वरम् दातुम् अपि दासम् मम आत्मजम् || २-४३-४

atha sma nagare raamaH caran bhaikSham gR^ihe vaset | kaama kaaraH varam daatum api daasam mama aatmajam || 2-43-4

Translation

"Even giving my son to her as a slave would have been better. By that Rama would have at least stayed in the house by doing the work entrusted by her and roaming about in the city, asking alms.

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