Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.10

लब्धशब्देन कौसल्ये कुमारेण धनुष्मता। कुमारः शब्दवेधीति मया पापमिदं कृतम्॥

labdhaśabdena kausalye kumāreṇa dhanuṣmatā| kumāraḥ śabdavedhīti mayā pāpamidaṃ kṛtam||

English Meaning

Having, O Kausalyā, earned the expression, 'The Prince can pierce his aim by sound alone,', I, a prince and bowman, did this offence.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)