Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.19

असमञ्जो गृहीत्वा तु क्रीडतः पथि दारकान्। सरय्वां प्रक्षिपन्नप्सु रमते तेन दुर्मतिः॥

asamañjo gṛhītvā tu krīḍataḥ pathi dārakān| sarayvāṃ prakṣipannapsu ramate tena durmatiḥ||

English Meaning

Asamañja by way of sport catching people on the way, used to throw them into the waters of the Sarayū, and that wicked-minded wretch made merry over the same.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)