Chapter 59 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 59.14

अद्य ते कालपाशे नीता वैवस्वतक्षयम्॥ सप्तजातिशतान्येव मृतपाः सम्भवन्तु ते। श्वमांसनियताहारा मुष्टिका नाम निघृणाः॥ वचनं विकृताश्च विरूपाश्च लोकाननुचरन्त्विमान्। महोदयश्च दुर्बुद्धिर्मामदूष्यं ह्यदूषयत्॥ दूषितः सर्वलोकेषु निषादत्वं गमिष्यति।

adya te kālapāśe nītā vaivasvatakṣayam|| saptajātiśatānyeva mṛtapāḥ sambhavantu te| śvamāṃsaniyatāhārā muṣṭikā nāma nighṛṇāḥ|| vacanaṃ vikṛtāśca virūpāśca lokānanucarantvimān| mahodayaśca durbuddhirmāmadūṣyaṃ hyadūṣayat|| dūṣitaḥ sarvalokeṣu niṣādatvaṃ gamiṣyati|

English Meaning

And this very day bound by the noose of Kala, meeting with destruction at the hands of Vivaśvata's son, (Yama) they shall for seven hundred firths range these worlds, wearing dead men's clothes, always feeding on dogs' flesh, going by the name of Mahodaya also has blamed me, although undeserving of blame; therefore, reproved of all, he shall undergo Nişadahood. And becoming cruel, and engaged in taking life, he shall through my ire fare wretchedly for a long lapse of time.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)