Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.27

हत्वा बाणेन काकुत्स्थ मामिहानपराधिनम्। किं वक्ष्यसि सतां मद्ये कर्म कृत्वा जुगुप्सितम्॥

hatvā bāṇena kākutstha māmihānaparādhinam| kiṃ vakṣyasi satāṃ madye karma kṛtvā jugupsitam||

English Meaning

O Kākutstha, destroying me sinless, with your shaft and perpetrating such a disgraceful act, how shall you relate it to the pious.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)