Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.30

तदलं परितापेन धर्मतः परिकल्पितः। वधो वानरशार्दूल न वयं स्ववशे स्थिताः॥

tadalaṃ paritāpena dharmataḥ parikalpitaḥ| vadho vānaraśārdūla na vayaṃ svavaśe sthitāḥ||

English Meaning

Therefore do not repent any more, O best of monkeys. The punishment, I have inflicted on you, is in consonance with the sanctions of morality. We are not our own masters.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)