Chapter 22 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 22.25

तैर्न तत्स्पर्शनं पापं सहेयं पापकर्मभिः। अमोघः क्रियतां राम अयं तत्र शरोत्तमः॥

tairna tatsparśanaṃ pāpaṃ saheyaṃ pāpakarmabhiḥ| amoghaḥ kriyatāṃ rāma ayaṃ tatra śarottamaḥ||

English Meaning

These persons of unrighteous acts touch me, and I cannot bear this sin. O Rāma, do you at that place render this best of arrows successful.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)