Chapter 97 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 97.14

कथं नु पुत्राः पितरं हन्युः कस्यांचिदापदि। भ्राता वा भ्रातरं हन्यात् सौमित्रे प्राणमात्मनः॥

kathaṃ nu putrāḥ pitaraṃ hanyuḥ kasyāṃcidāpadi| bhrātā vā bhrātaraṃ hanyāt saumitre prāṇamātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

Do sons, in times of peril, ever slay their father, or brothers their brother like to their life, O son of Sumitrā?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)