Chapter 62 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 62.3

तस्य चिन्तयमानस्य प्रत्यभात् कर्म दुष्कृतम्। यदनेन कृतं पूर्वमज्ञानाच्छब्दवेधिना॥

tasya cintayamānasya pratyabhāt karma duṣkṛtam| yadanena kṛtaṃ pūrvamajñānācchabdavedhinā||

English Meaning

As he was thinking, the sinful act which he had through ignorance formerly committed by means of the shaft which hits by sounds, rose up in his recollection,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)