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)