Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 64 Shloka 23
Original Shlokaयद्येतदशुभं कर्म न त्वं मे कथयेस्स्वयम्। फलेन्मूर्धा स्म ते राजन् सद्य श्शतसहस्रधा।।2.64.23।।
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English Translation
राजन् O king, अशुभम् inauspicious, एतत् this, कर्म act, त्वम् you, मे to me, स्वयम् yourself, न कथयेः यदि not spoke, सद्य: right now, ते your, मूर्धा your head, शतसहस्रधा a hundred thousand pieces, फलेत् स्म would have been split.
English Commentary
'O king, hadn't you yourself broken this inauspicious news, your head would have split into a hundred thousand pieces right now.