Chapter 116 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 116.5

किं मामसदृशं वाक्यमीदृशं श्रोत्रदारुणम्। रुक्षं श्रावयसे वीर प्राकृतः प्राकृतामिव ॥

kiṃ māmasadṛśaṃ vākyamīdṛśaṃ śrotradāruṇam| rukṣaṃ śrāvayase vīra prākṛtaḥ prākṛtāmiva ||

English Meaning

Why did you, O hero, like a common man addressing an ordinary woman, make me hear these, harsh and unbecoming words painful to ears?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)