Chapter 13 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 13.26

नैवेदं क्षमणीयं मे यदेतद्भाषितं त्वया॥ यदेतावन्मया कालं दूत तस्य तु मर्षितम्। न हन्तव्यो गुरुज्येष्ठो मयायमिति मन्यते॥

naivedaṃ kṣamaṇīyaṃ me yadetadbhāṣitaṃ tvayā|| yadetāvanmayā kālaṃ dūta tasya tu marṣitam| na hantavyo gurujyeṣṭho mayāyamiti manyate||

English Meaning

I shall never forgive what you have said. Up to this I had borne him, considering that he, being my elder brother and as such my superior should not be slain by me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)