Chapter 22 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 22.5

एतस्मात् कारणान्न त्वां घातयामि वरानने। वधार्हामवमानाहाँ मिथ्या प्रव्रजने रताम्॥

etasmāt kāraṇānna tvāṃ ghātayāmi varānane| vadhārhāmavamānāhā~ mithyā pravrajane ratām||

English Meaning

O you of fair countenance, it is for this reason, that I do not destroy you, although you, who are engaged in false asceticism, are worthy of being killed and dishonoured. do you

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)