Chapter 2 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 2.15

यस्मात् तव भयं सौम्यं पूर्वजात् पापकर्मणः। स नेह वाली दुष्टात्मा न ते पश्याम्यहं भयम्॥

yasmāt tava bhayaṃ saumyaṃ pūrvajāt pāpakarmaṇaḥ| sa neha vālī duṣṭātmā na te paśyāmyahaṃ bhayam||

English Meaning

I do not observe here, O gentle one, the wicked-souled Väli your elder brother of impious actions and whom you do fear and I do not perceive any terror proceeding from him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)