Chapter 59 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 59.20

एष तूशनसा मुक्तः शापोत्सर्गो ययातिना। धारितः क्षत्रधर्मेण यं निमिश्चक्षमे न च ॥

eṣa tūśanasā muktaḥ śāpotsargo yayātinā| dhāritaḥ kṣatradharmeṇa yaṃ nimiścakṣame na ca ||

English Meaning

In this wise, according to the custom of the Kșatriya the king Yayāti took upon himself the imprecation of the preceptor śukra, but he did not forgive him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)