Ayodhya Kanda 43.4
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 43 · Verse 4
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Sanskrit Original
अथ स्म नगरे रामश्चरन् भैक्षं गृहे वसेत्। कामकारो वरं दातुमपि दासं ममात्मजम्।।
atha sma nagarē rāmaścaran bhaikṣaṅ gṛhē vasēt. kāmakārō varaṅ dātumapi dāsaṅ mamātmajam৷৷
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It would have been better had I offered her my son as a slave. He would have lived on in the house by doing his duties and begging his food in the city.