Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.28

आर्येण मम मान्धात्रा व्यसनं घोरमीप्सितम्। श्रमणेन कृते पापे यथा पापं कृतं त्वया॥

āryeṇa mama māndhātrā vyasanaṃ ghoramīpsitam| śramaṇena kṛte pāpe yathā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā||

English Meaning

Formerly an iniquity, like one perpetrated by you, was committed by a devotee who was punished severely by my forefather Māndhäta.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)