Chapter 22 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 22.25

दर्शनादेव यः प्राणान्प्राणिनामपि कर्षति। किं पुनः स्पृशमानस्य पात्यमानस्य वा पुनः॥

darśanādeva yaḥ prāṇānprāṇināmapi karṣati| kiṃ punaḥ spṛśamānasya pātyamānasya vā punaḥ||

English Meaning

He, who by his very sight draw away the lives of creatures, what should be said of its touching and being hurled at people?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)