Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.98

क्षुरोपमां नित्यमसत्प्रियंवदां प्रदुष्टभावां स्वकुलोपघातिनीम्। न जीवितुं त्वां विषहेऽमनोरमां दिधक्षमाणां हृदयं सबन्धनम्॥

kṣuropamāṃ nityamasatpriyaṃvadāṃ praduṣṭabhāvāṃ svakulopaghātinīm| na jīvituṃ tvāṃ viṣahe'manoramāṃ didhakṣamāṇāṃ hṛdayaṃ sabandhanam||

English Meaning

I do not wish, that you, like to a razor, and ever speaking pleasant falsehoods, and possessed of a vile heart, the destroyer of your own race, you that wish to burn my heart and life, you un-beautiful one, may remain alive.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)