Chapter 24 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 24.17

सोदर्यघातापरगाववालः संतापहस्ताक्षिशिरोविषाणः। एनोमयो मामभिहन्ति हस्ती दृप्तो नदीकूलमिव प्रवृद्धः॥

sodaryaghātāparagāvavālaḥ saṃtāpahastākṣiśiroviṣāṇaḥ| enomayo māmabhihanti hastī dṛpto nadīkūlamiva pravṛddhaḥ||

English Meaning

This mighty and infuriated elephant of a sin, having the destruction of a brother as its body, repentance, as its trunk, head, eyes and tusks, has been crushing me like to the banks of a river.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)