Chapter 52 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 52.13

वैरूप्यमङ्गेषु कशाभिघातो मौण्ड्यं तथा लक्षणसंनिपातः एतान्हि दूते प्रवदन्ति दण्डान् वधस्तु दूतस्य न नः श्रुतोऽस्ति॥

vairūpyamaṅgeṣu kaśābhighāto mauṇḍyaṃ tathā lakṣaṇasaṃnipātaḥ etānhi dūte pravadanti daṇḍān vadhastu dūtasya na naḥ śruto'sti||

English Meaning

Disfigurement of the body, strips, shaving of the head, one of these or all combined, these are said to be the punishments that should be inflicted on envoys. But I have not heard of the punishment of death being a penalty of the envoy. as

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)