Chapter 72 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 72.11

एवं ब्रुवाणं काकुत्स्थः परिष्वज्येदमब्रवीत्। मा विषादं कृथाः शूर नैतत्क्षत्रियचेष्टितम्॥

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ kākutsthaḥ pariṣvajyedamabravīt| mā viṣādaṃ kṛthāḥ śūra naitatkṣatriyaceṣṭitam||

English Meaning

He having said this, Rāma embraced him and said: Be not sorry O hero. This is not a becoming action for Kşatriyas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)