Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.17

स तच्छ्रुत्वा वचः क्रूरं मया तदघशंसिना। नाशकत् तीव्रमायासं स कर्तुं भगवानृषिः॥

sa tacchrutvā vacaḥ krūraṃ mayā tadaghaśaṃsinā| nāśakat tīvramāyāsaṃ sa kartuṃ bhagavānṛṣiḥ||

English Meaning

Having heard these cruel words, the worshipful ascetic could well by his curse consume me to ashes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)