Chapter 26 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 26.43

यदा ह्यकामां कामा” धर्षयिष्यति योषितम्॥ मूर्धा तु सप्तधा तस्य शकलीभविता तदा। तस्मिन्नदाहृते शापे ज्वलिताग्निसमप्रभे॥ देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुः पुष्पवृष्टिश्च खाच्च्युता।

yadā hyakāmāṃ kāmā” dharṣayiṣyati yoṣitam|| mūrdhā tu saptadhā tasya śakalībhavitā tadā| tasminnadāhṛte śāpe jvalitāgnisamaprabhe|| devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiśca khāccyutā|

English Meaning

Whenever he shall, stricken by lust, ravish a reluctant damsel, his head shall be sundered into seven pieces. As soon as this curse, like to a burning flame, was uttered, the celestials bugles were sounded and a shower of flowers fell from heavens.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)