Chapter 46 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 46.17

इदानीं मे स्मृतं राजन् यथा वाली हरीश्वरः॥ मतङ्गेन तदा शप्तो ह्यस्मिन्नाश्रममण्डले । प्रविशेद् यदि वा वाली मूर्धास्य शतधा भवेत्॥

idānīṃ me smṛtaṃ rājan yathā vālī harīśvaraḥ|| mataṅgena tadā śapto hyasminnāśramamaṇḍale | praviśed yadi vā vālī mūrdhāsya śatadhā bhavet||

English Meaning

'O king, now, I remember me how that lord of monkeys, Vāli, was cursed by Matanga in this very hermitage. If Vāli enters (into this asylum), his head becomes cleft in hundred.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)