Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.8

प्रत्याख्यानं न जानाति नात्मानं नात्मनः कुलम्। यो नृशंसस्वभावेन मां प्रार्थयितुमिच्छति॥

pratyākhyānaṃ na jānāti nātmānaṃ nātmanaḥ kulam| yo nṛśaṃsasvabhāvena māṃ prārthayitumicchati||

English Meaning

That (demon) who is courting me in this terrible way, does not know himself, his own race and that I loathe him so much.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)