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)