Chapter 41 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 41.18

कपिलेनाप्रमेयेण दग्धा हीमे महाबलाः। सलिलं नार्हसि प्राज्ञ दातुमेषां हि लौकिकम्॥

kapilenāprameyeṇa dagdhā hīme mahābalāḥ| salilaṃ nārhasi prājña dātumeṣāṃ hi laukikam||

English Meaning

These highly powerful ones had been consumed by the peerless Kapila, therefore, you ought not to offer water to them in consonance with social usage.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)