Chapter 64 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 64.6

सौम्य रोषो न कर्तव्यो यदेभिः परिवारणम्। अज्ञानाद् रक्षिभिः क्रोधाद् भवन्तः प्रतिषेधिताः॥

saumya roṣo na kartavyo yadebhiḥ parivāraṇam| ajñānād rakṣibhiḥ krodhād bhavantaḥ pratiṣedhitāḥ||

English Meaning

O gentle one, do you not take offence, for these monkeys, protecting the garden enraged, unwittingly prevented you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)