Ayodhya Kanda 20.52
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 20 · Verse 52
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इदं हि दुःखं यदनर्थकानि मे व्रतानि दानानि च संयमाश्च हि। तपश्च तप्तं यदपत्यकारणा त्सुनिष्फलं बीजमिवोप्तमूषरे।।
idaṅ hi duḥkhaṅ yadanarthakāni mē vratāni dānāni ca saṅyamāśca hi. tapaśca taptaṅ yadapatyakāraṇā- tsuniṣphalaṅ bījamivōptamūṣarē৷৷
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My regret is that all my mortifications, gifts of charity and penances are of no avail. Even the asceticism which I practised for the sake of progeny was fruitless like a seed sown in a barren land.