Chapter 64 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 64.7

स ग्रीष्म अपयाते तु वर्षारात्र उपागते। हन्यास्त्वं लवणं सौम्य स हि कालोऽस्य दुर्मतेः॥

sa grīṣma apayāte tu varṣārātra upāgate| hanyāstvaṃ lavaṇaṃ saumya sa hi kālo'sya durmateḥ||

English Meaning

When rains shall set in after the expiration of the present summer you should slay him for that is the proper time for destroying that viciousminded one.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)