Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.39

मामप्यवगतं धर्माद् व्यतिक्रान्तपुरस्कृतम्। धर्मसंहितया वाचा धर्मज्ञ परिपालय॥

māmapyavagataṃ dharmād vyatikrāntapuraskṛtam| dharmasaṃhitayā vācā dharmajña paripālaya||

English Meaning

Do you know me as the foremost of sinners and one who has deviated from the track of imorality. Do you conduct me, with pious words, to a better land.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)