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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 21 Shloka 21
Original Shloka
न चाधर्म्यं वच श्रुत्वा सपत्न्या मम भाषितम्। विहाय शोकसन्तप्तां गन्तुमर्हसि मामितः।।2.21.21।।
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English Translation

मम my, सपत्न्या by (my) cowife (Kaikeyi), भाषितम् spoken, अधर्म्यम् unrighteous, वचः words, श्रुत्वा having heard, शोकसन्तप्ताम् stricken with grief, माम् me, विहाय leaving, इतः from here, गन्तुम् to go, नार्हसि does not behove you.

English Commentary

By heeding the unrighteous words of my cowife (Kaikeyi) it does not behove you to leave me griefstricken and go away from here.