Chapter 78 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 78.7

तां समीक्ष्य तदा द्वा:स्थो भृशं पापस्य कारिणीम्। गृहीत्वाकरुणं कुब्जां शत्रुघ्नाय न्यवेदयत्॥

tāṃ samīkṣya tadā dvā:stho bhṛśaṃ pāpasya kāriṇīm| gṛhītvākaruṇaṃ kubjāṃ śatrughnāya nyavedayat||

English Meaning

At that time seeing that one of horrible misdeeds, (Bharata) who stood near the door, seizing the hump backed one ruthlessly, took her to Satrughna, and said.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)