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)