Chapter 19 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 19.4

कालपाशं समासज्य कण्ठे मोहान बुध्यते। यस्त्वामद्य समासाद्य पीतवान् विषमुत्तमम्॥

kālapāśaṃ samāsajya kaṇṭhe mohāna budhyate| yastvāmadya samāsādya pītavān viṣamuttamam||

English Meaning

He that coming in contact with you has to-day drunk virulent poison, winding a fatal noose round about his neck, know it not through ignorance.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)