Chapter 61 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 61.21

स तादृशः सिंहबलो वृषभाक्षो नरर्षभः। स्वयमेव हतः पित्रा जलजेनात्मजो यथा॥

sa tādṛśaḥ siṃhabalo vṛṣabhākṣo nararṣabhaḥ| svayameva hataḥ pitrā jalajenātmajo yathā||

English Meaning

But such a man of men, possessed of leonine strength, and graced with the eyes of a bull, has been destroyed by his father, like a fish destroying his offspring.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)