Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.16

तदेतत् कारणं पश्य यदर्थं त्वं मया हतः। भ्रातुर्वर्तसि भार्यायां त्यक्त्वा धर्म सनातनम्॥

tadetat kāraṇaṃ paśya yadarthaṃ tvaṃ mayā hataḥ| bhrāturvartasi bhāryāyāṃ tyaktvā dharma sanātanam||

English Meaning

Do you consider why I have killed you-you had ravished your brother's wife renouncing that ever-existing virtue.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)