Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.32

चर्म चास्थि च मे राम न स्पृश्यन्ति मनीषिणः। अभक्ष्याणि च मांसानि सोऽहं पञ्चनखो हतः॥

carma cāsthi ca me rāma na spṛśyanti manīṣiṇaḥ| abhakṣyāṇi ca māṃsāni so'haṃ pañcanakho hataḥ||

English Meaning

The wise, O Rāma, do not touch my skin and bones and my flesh is not worthy of being taken-I am that (monkey) having five toes who have been killed by you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)