Chapter 62 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 62.14

निःसाध्वसमिदं प्रोक्तं धर्मादपि विगर्हितम्। अतिक्रम्य तु मद्वाक्यं दारुणं रोमहर्षणम्॥ श्वमांसभोजिनः सर्वे वासिष्ठा इव जातिषु । पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं तु पृथिव्यामनुवत्स्यथ ॥

niḥsādhvasamidaṃ proktaṃ dharmādapi vigarhitam| atikramya tu madvākyaṃ dāruṇaṃ romaharṣaṇam|| śvamāṃsabhojinaḥ sarve vāsiṣṭhā iva jātiṣu | pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu pṛthivyāmanuvatsyatha ||

English Meaning

Disregarding my words, you have uttered this audacious and shocking speech, disclaimed by morality, and capable of causing one's hair to stand on end. Therefore, becoming Mustikas, and living on dogs' flesh, do you all, even like Vasiştha's sons, inhabit the earth for a thousand years.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)