Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.20

क्षत्रियेण वधो राजन् वानप्रस्थे विशेषतः। ज्ञानपूर्वं कृतः स्थानाच्च्यावयेदपि वज्रिणम्॥

kṣatriyeṇa vadho rājan vānaprasthe viśeṣataḥ| jñānapūrvaṃ kṛtaḥ sthānāccyāvayedapi vajriṇam||

English Meaning

Not to speak of Kștriyas, I can even drag the very wielder of the thunderbolt himself from his position, if he knowingly kills one, in especial, that has assumed the Vånaprastha mode of life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)