Chapter 24 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 24.20

युद्धप्रमत्तो व्याक्षिप्तो जयाकाङ्क्षी क्षिपशरान्।।३३ नाहमज्ञासिषं युध्यन्स्वान्परान्वापि संयुगे। जामातरं न जाने स्म प्रहरन्युद्धदुर्मदः॥

yuddhapramatto vyākṣipto jayākāṅkṣī kṣipaśarān||33 nāhamajñāsiṣaṃ yudhyansvānparānvāpi saṃyuge| jāmātaraṃ na jāne sma praharanyuddhadurmadaḥ||

English Meaning

Being mad after war-fare and desirous of acquiring victory, I was continually making a downpour of shafts, so I could not distinguish in the conflict between my own men and enemies, and thus unwittingly I did hurt your husband.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)