Chapter 2 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 2.14

ततः करुणवेदित्वादधर्मोऽयमिति द्विजः। निशाम्य रुदती क्रौञ्चीमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

tataḥ karuṇaveditvādadharmo'yamiti dvijaḥ| niśāmya rudatī krauñcīmidaṃ vacanamabravīt||

English Meaning

Then considering it to be an unrighteous deed, with a heart moved with pity, that twice-born one, beholding the weeping Krauñci, spoke these words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)