Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.70

रममाणस्त्वया सार्धं मृत्युं त्वां नाभिलक्षये। बालो रहसि हस्तेन कृष्णसर्पमिवास्पृशम्॥

ramamāṇastvayā sārdhaṃ mṛtyuṃ tvāṃ nābhilakṣaye| bālo rahasi hastena kṛṣṇasarpamivāspṛśam||

English Meaning

Not knowing you for my death, I have sported with you, like an infant dallying in solitude with a venomous snake.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)