Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.20

न च ते मर्षये पापं क्षत्रियोऽहं कुलोद्गतः। औरसीं भगिनीं वापि भार्या वाप्यनुजस्य यः॥ प्रचरेत नरः कामात्तस्य दण्डो वधः स्मृतः।

na ca te marṣaye pāpaṃ kṣatriyo'haṃ kulodgataḥ| aurasīṃ bhaginīṃ vāpi bhāryā vāpyanujasya yaḥ|| pracareta naraḥ kāmāttasya daṇḍo vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ|

English Meaning

I am a Ksatrya coming of a high pedigree. I cannot put up with your immoral conduct. Šāstras sanction the destruction of one who under the influence of passion ravishes his own daughter, sister and younger brother's wife.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)