Chapter 61 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 61.7

पशुरभ्याहृतो राजन् प्रणयस्तव दुर्नयात्। अरक्षितारं राजानं घ्नन्ति दोषा नरेश्वर॥

paśurabhyāhṛto rājan praṇayastava durnayāt| arakṣitāraṃ rājānaṃ ghnanti doṣā nareśvara||

English Meaning

O king, the beast has been stolen (away); and it has been lost through your dereliction. And, O lord of men, his own fault destroy the king that fail to protect (the beast).7

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)