Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.50

तदेतच्चिन्तयानेन स्मृतं पापं मया स्वयम्। तदा बाल्यात् कृतं देवि शब्दवेध्यनुकर्षिणा॥

tadetaccintayānena smṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mayā svayam| tadā bālyāt kṛtaṃ devi śabdavedhyanukarṣiṇā||

English Meaning

O noble dame, the crime that I hitting by help of sound, had committed in my boyhood, has reverted to my recollection in course of thought.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)