Chapter 55 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 55.17

अजानतः शयानस्य क्रोधेन कलुषीकृतः। उक्तवान्मम शापाग्निं यमदण्डमिवापरम्॥

ajānataḥ śayānasya krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ| uktavānmama śāpāgniṃ yamadaṇḍamivāparam||

English Meaning

I was unconscious in sleep-— still soiled with anger you have hurled the fiery curse against me like the second rod of Yama.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)