Chapter 70 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 70

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 70.18

विरूपं यच्च मे रूपं प्राप्तं ह्यविनयाद् यथा। तन्मे शृणु नरव्याघ्र तत्त्वतः शंसतस्तव॥

virūpaṃ yacca me rūpaṃ prāptaṃ hyavinayād yathā| tanme śṛṇu naravyāghra tattvataḥ śaṃsatastava||

English Meaning

Do you hear; I shall relate truly to you how have I, by my haughtiness, come by this unsightly shape.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)