Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.40

त्वयादृश्येन तु रणे निहतोऽहं दुरासदः। प्रसुप्तः पन्नगेनेव नरः पापवशं गतः॥

tvayādṛśyena tu raṇe nihato'haṃ durāsadaḥ| prasuptaḥ pannageneva naraḥ pāpavaśaṃ gataḥ||

English Meaning

O Rāma, like to a serpent destroying persons asleep, you, that are under the control of vice, have killed me, who am hard to repress, keeping yourself out of my sight in the battle.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)