Chapter 40 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 40.24

ते तं यज्ञहनं ज्ञात्वा क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षणाः। खनित्रलाङ्गलधरा नानावृक्षशिलाधराः॥ अभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धास्तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रुवन्। अस्माकं त्वं हि तुरगं यज्ञियं. हृतवानसि॥ दुर्मेधस्त्वं हि सम्प्राप्तान् विद्धि नः सगरात्मजान्।

te taṃ yajñahanaṃ jñātvā krodhaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ| khanitralāṅgaladharā nānāvṛkṣaśilādharāḥ|| abhyadhāvanta saṃkruddhāstiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābruvan| asmākaṃ tvaṃ hi turagaṃ yajñiyaṃ. hṛtavānasi|| durmedhastvaṃ hi samprāptān viddhi naḥ sagarātmajān|

English Meaning

And knowing him to be the destroyer of the sacrifice, they bearing spades, and ploughs, and innumerable trees and crags, with eyes reddened with ire, furiously rushed against him, exclaiming, 'Stay! Stay! And you it is that hast stolen our sacrificial horse.' O you of wicked understanding, know that you have fallen into the hands of the sons of Sagara.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)