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)