Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.26

कच्चित् त्वां नावजानन्ति याजकाः पतितं यथा। उग्राप्रतिग्रहीतारं कामयानमिव स्त्रियः॥

kaccit tvāṃ nāvajānanti yājakāḥ patitaṃ yathā| ugrāpratigrahītāraṃ kāmayānamiva striyaḥ||

English Meaning

Do the priests scorn you like a fallen one, even as females do those lascivious folks who use force towards the former?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)