Chapter 54 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 54.2

अल्पापराधे काकुत्स्थ द्विजाभ्यां शाप ईदृशः। महानृगस्य राजर्षेर्यमदण्ड इवापरः॥

alpāparādhe kākutstha dvijābhyāṃ śāpa īdṛśaḥ| mahānṛgasya rājarṣeryamadaṇḍa ivāparaḥ||

English Meaning

"O Kakutstha, it is for a very simple folly that the two Brāhmaṇas imprecated that curse upon the king Nrga, dreadful as the rod of Yama.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)