Chapter 46 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 46.21

प्राञ्जलिर्वज्रसहितो दितिं शक्रोऽभ्यभाषत। अशुचेर्देवि सुप्तासि पादयोः कृतमूर्धजा॥ तदन्तरमहं लब्ध्वा शक्रहन्तारमाहवे। अभिन्दं सप्तधा देवि तन्मे त्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥

prāñjalirvajrasahito ditiṃ śakro'bhyabhāṣata| aśucerdevi suptāsi pādayoḥ kṛtamūrdhajā|| tadantaramahaṃ labdhvā śakrahantāramāhave| abhindaṃ saptadhā devi tanme tvaṃ kṣantumarhasi ||

English Meaning

Then he with clasped palms accosted Diti, saying, 'O worshipful one, you did sleep with they feet placed where your head should have lain, and hast therefore become impure. And finding this opportunity, I severed in seven pieces that would-be slayer of mine in battle. Do you, O worshipful one, excuse me.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)