Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.33

प्रमत्तानप्रमत्तान् वा नरा मांसाशिनो भृशम्। विध्यन्ति विमुखांश्चापि न च दोषोऽत्र विद्यते॥

pramattānapramattān vā narā māṃsāśino bhṛśam| vidhyanti vimukhāṃścāpi na ca doṣo'tra vidyate||

English Meaning

And even many royal ascetics, versed in religious lore, go a-hunting; and hence you had been killed by me with a shaft, O monkey, in the conflict.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)