Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.36

छिन्नचारित्र्यकक्ष्येण सतां धर्मातिवर्तिना। त्यक्तधर्माङ्कुशेनाहं निहतो रामहस्तिना॥

chinnacāritryakakṣyeṇa satāṃ dharmātivartinā| tyaktadharmāṅkuśenāhaṃ nihato rāmahastinā||

English Meaning

I have been killed by an elephant-Rāma, disregarding the virtue of the pious, breaking the chord of character, and neglecting the goad of religion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)