Chapter 15 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 15.17

स दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरं संख्ये शापाद्विभ्रष्टगौरवम्। उवाच वचनं धीमान्युक्तं पैतामहे कुले॥

sa dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ saṃkhye śāpādvibhraṣṭagauravam| uvāca vacanaṃ dhīmānyuktaṃ paitāmahe kule||

English Meaning

Seeing his brother in the encounter with his glory obscured through the curse (he had ere this come by), the intelligent (Lord of Yaksas) spoke in words worthy of the line of his grand-father.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)