Chapter 54 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 54.3

श्रुत्वा तु पापसंयुक्तमात्मानं पुरुषर्षभ। किमुवाच नृगो राजा द्विजौ क्रोधसमन्वितौ॥

śrutvā tu pāpasaṃyuktamātmānaṃ puruṣarṣabha| kimuvāca nṛgo rājā dvijau krodhasamanvitau||

English Meaning

May I ask you, O foremost of men, what did that king say to the Brāhmaṇas when he saw thus imprecated?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)