अथ स्म नगरे रामश्चरन् भैक्षं गृहे वसेत्। कामकारो वरं दातुमपि दासं ममात्मजम्।।2.43.4।।
atha sma nagare rāmaścaran bhaikṣaṃ gṛhe vaset. kāmakāro varaṃ dātumapi dāsaṃ mamātmajam..2.43.4..
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English Translation
"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."
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Word Meanings
मम my, आत्मजम् son, दासम् as slave, दातुम् अपि even to give, वरम् is better, अथ thereafter, रामः Rama, कामकारः discharging the duties, नगरे in the city (Ayodhya), भैक्षम् food obtained by begging, चरन् moving about, गृहे in the house, वसेत् would have lived.
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Source
Valmiki Ramayana
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Sarga 43
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120.4