Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.29

ऋषिणा च पितुर्वाक्यं कुर्वता वनचारिणा। गौर्हता जानता धर्म कण्डुना च विपश्चिता।॥

ṛṣiṇā ca piturvākyaṃ kurvatā vanacāriṇā| gaurhatā jānatā dharma kaṇḍunā ca vipaścitā|||

English Meaning

The learned Rși Kandu, who lived in the forest keeping the word of his father, killed a cow, knowing it to be unrighteousness.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)