Chapter 39 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 39.17

सोऽहं परापराधेम विनशेयं निशाचर। कुरु यत् ते क्षमं तत्त्वमहं त्वां नानुयामि वै॥

so'haṃ parāparādhema vinaśeyaṃ niśācara| kuru yat te kṣamaṃ tattvamahaṃ tvāṃ nānuyāmi vai||

English Meaning

And I shall meet with a similar fate for your sins. O you the ranger of night do whatever you like, I shall not follow you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)