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Sundara Kanda Sarga 28 Shloka 12
Original Shloka
अनन्य दैवत्वमियं क्षमा च भूमौ च शय्या नियमश्च धर्मे। पतिव्रतात्वं विफलं ममेदं कृतं कृतघ्नेष्विव मानुषाणाम्।।5.28.12।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

अनन्यदैवत्वम् no god other than you, इयम् this, क्षमा च and tolerance, भूमौ on earth, शय्या sleep, धर्मे in righteousness, नियमश्च discipline, पतिव्रतात्वम् my chastity, मम my, इदम् this, कृतघ्नेषु in case of ungrateful man, मानुषाणाम् of human beings, कृतमिव like the help done, विफलम् is futile.

English Commentary

"I am devoted to you and to no other god. My hardship in sleeping on the ground, my righteousness, my discipline and chastity have all proved futile like the devotion of an ungrateful person.