Chapter 24 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 24.8

मयं महात्मा मतिमानुवाच। मिदं वचः कर्म च मेऽनुरूपम्॥

mayaṃ mahātmā matimānuvāca| midaṃ vacaḥ karma ca me'nurūpam||

English Meaning

This highly intellectual and high-souled one spoke to me Do you range at large, I do not wish to destroy you. Such words were really becoming of him, O Rāma. And these words and this action become me (vile as I am).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)