Chapter 63 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 63.6

सोऽहं द्वितीयं काकुत्स्थ न वक्ष्यामीति चोत्तरम्। मा द्वितीयेन दण्डो वै निपतेन्मयि मानद॥

so'haṃ dvitīyaṃ kākutstha na vakṣyāmīti cottaram| mā dvitīyena daṇḍo vai nipatenmayi mānada||

English Meaning

And, O Kākutstha, a second answer I would not return; so that, О bestower of honour, I may not, by a second reply, render myself liable to a fresh punishment.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)