Chapter 43 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 43.16

निःसंशयं मया मन्ये पुरा वीर कदर्यया। पातकामेषु वत्सेषु मातृणां शातिताः स्तनाः॥

niḥsaṃśayaṃ mayā manye purā vīra kadaryayā| pātakāmeṣu vatseṣu mātṛṇāṃ śātitāḥ stanāḥ||

English Meaning

Doubtless, O hero, formerly of vile ways that I was, I had cut off the paps of kine and thus prevented their calves hungering after their mothers' milk, from drinking it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)