Ramayana

siva.sh/ramayana/ayodhya-kanda/43/4

अथ स्म नगरे रामश्चरन् भैक्षं गृहे वसेत् | कामकारो वरं दातुमपि दासं ममात्मजम् || २-४३-४

sanskrit

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. [2-43-4]

english translation

atha sma nagare rAmazcaran bhaikSaM gRhe vaset | kAmakAro varaM dAtumapi dAsaM mamAtmajam || 2-43-4

hk transliteration

siva.sh/ramayana/ayodhya-kanda/43/4

अथ स्म नगरे रामश्चरन् भैक्षं गृहे वसेत् | कामकारो वरं दातुमपि दासं ममात्मजम् || २-४३-४

sanskrit

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. [2-43-4]

english translation

atha sma nagare rAmazcaran bhaikSaM gRhe vaset | kAmakAro varaM dAtumapi dAsaM mamAtmajam || 2-43-4

hk transliteration