Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.12

पराङ्मुखवधं कृत्वा कोऽत्र प्राप्तस्त्वया गुणः। यदहं युद्धसंरब्धस्त्वत्कृते निधनं गतः॥

parāṅmukhavadhaṃ kṛtvā ko'tra prāptastvayā guṇaḥ| yadahaṃ yuddhasaṃrabdhastvatkṛte nidhanaṃ gataḥ||

English Meaning

What merit have you reaped by destroying me, who was not engaged in fight with you? I was exercised with ire, being engaged in conflict (with another person) and for you I have met with destruction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)