Chapter 30 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 30.12

नृशंसशील क्षुद्रात्मन् नित्यं ब्राह्मणकण्टक। त्वत्कृते शङ्कितैरग्नौ मुनिभिः पात्यते हविः॥

nṛśaṃsaśīla kṣudrātman nityaṃ brāhmaṇakaṇṭaka| tvatkṛte śaṅkitairagnau munibhiḥ pātyate haviḥ||

English Meaning

You of a cruel disposition, you of ignoble soul, you that are aye a thorn (in the side) of Brāhmanas, it is for you that ascetics, frightened and dispirited, have so long been pouring the clarified butter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)