Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.35

शठो नैकृतिकः क्षुद्रो मिथ्याप्रश्रितमानसः। कथं दशरथेन त्वं जातः पापो महात्मना ॥

śaṭho naikṛtikaḥ kṣudro mithyāpraśritamānasaḥ| kathaṃ daśarathena tvaṃ jātaḥ pāpo mahātmanā ||

English Meaning

How are you, who are wicked, narrowminded, a liar and ever intent upon bringing about others' misfortune, born of the loins of the high-souled Dasaratha?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)