Chapter 62 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 62.12

कथमात्मसुतान् हित्वा त्रायसेऽन्यसुतं विभो। अकार्यमिव पश्यामः श्वमांसमिव भोजने॥

kathamātmasutān hitvā trāyase'nyasutaṃ vibho| akāryamiva paśyāmaḥ śvamāṃsamiva bhojane||

English Meaning

O lord, how, neglecting your own sons, you desire to deliver that of another? This we consider as heinous, even like to eating one's own flesh.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)