Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.19

नहि लोकविरुद्धस्य लोकवृत्तादपेयुषः। दण्डादन्यत्र पश्यामि निग्रहं हरियूथप॥

nahi lokaviruddhasya lokavṛttādapeyuṣaḥ| daṇḍādanyatra paśyāmi nigrahaṃ hariyūthapa||

English Meaning

o you, the leader of monkey-herds-I find no other alternative than to punish him who act against humanity and violates the sacred sanctions of custom.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)