Chapter 21 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 21.2

मया त्विदानी शूरास्ते राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः। त्वत्प्रियार्थं विनिर्दिष्टाः किमर्थं रुद्यते पुनः॥

mayā tvidānī śūrāste rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ| tvatpriyārthaṃ vinirdiṣṭāḥ kimarthaṃ rudyate punaḥ||

English Meaning

I had but recently commissioned for your behoof those heroic Rākşasas living on flesh. Why then do you again weep?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)