Chapter 24 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 24.11

दुमशाखावभग्नोऽहं मुहूर्तं परिनिष्टनन्। सान्त्वयित्वा त्वनेनोक्तो न पुनः कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

dumaśākhāvabhagno'haṃ muhūrtaṃ pariniṣṭanan| sāntvayitvā tvanenokto na punaḥ kartumarhasi ||

English Meaning

Being struck by him with branches of trees, while I fled away and wept, he, consoling me, said only Do not do this again.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)