Chapter 21 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 21.4

किमेतच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि कारणं यत्कृते पुनः। हा नाथेति विनर्दन्ती सर्पवच्चेष्टसे क्षितौ॥

kimetacchrotumicchāmi kāraṇaṃ yatkṛte punaḥ| hā nātheti vinardantī sarpavacceṣṭase kṣitau||

English Meaning

What can it be? I would hear of the occasion owing to which again, crying ‘Ah lord,' you roll on the earth like a serpent.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)