Chapter 25 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 25.20

एतैश्चान्यैश्च बहुभी राजपुत्रैर्महात्मभिः। अधर्मसहिता नार्यो हताः पुरुषसत्तमैः। तस्मादेनां घृणां त्यक्त्वा जहि मच्छासनानृप॥

etaiścānyaiśca bahubhī rājaputrairmahātmabhiḥ| adharmasahitā nāryo hatāḥ puruṣasattamaiḥ| tasmādenāṃ ghṛṇāṃ tyaktvā jahi macchāsanānṛpa||

English Meaning

By these as well as innumerable princesforemost of men have wicked women been slain. Therefore, O king, renouncing antipathy, do you, by my command, slay this one!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)