Chapter 43 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 43.36

त्वया विगण्य वातापे परिभूताश्च तेजसा। जीवलोके द्विज श्रेष्ठास्तस्मादसि जरां गतः॥

tvayā vigaṇya vātāpe paribhūtāśca tejasā| jīvaloke dvija śreṣṭhāstasmādasi jarāṃ gataḥ||

English Meaning

Being blinded with your prowess O Vātāpi, you have destroyed many eminent twice-born ones on this earth and for this that I do digest you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)