Chapter 59 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 59.13

राक्षसस्त्वं मया जातः क्षत्ररूपो दुरासदः। प्रतिहसि ममाज्ञां त्वं प्रजार्थे विफलो भव॥

rākṣasastvaṃ mayā jātaḥ kṣatrarūpo durāsadaḥ| pratihasi mamājñāṃ tvaṃ prajārthe viphalo bhava||

English Meaning

You, vicious Rākhasa, are born of me in the shape of a Kşatriya, or else why should you disobey my orders? For this you shall never be a king.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)