Chapter 18 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 18.22

श्रूयते हि कपोतेन शत्रुः शरणमागतः। अर्चितश्च यथान्यायं स्वैश्च मासैनिमन्त्रितः॥

śrūyate hi kapotena śatruḥ śaraṇamāgataḥ| arcitaśca yathānyāyaṃ svaiśca māsainimantritaḥ||

English Meaning

I have heard of a pigeon adoring and entertaining with its own flesh, an enemy who took its shelter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)