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)