Chapter 60 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 60.8

तमिमं मानुषं मन्ये रामं दशरथात्मजम्। इक्ष्वाकुकुलजातेन अनरण्येन यत्पुरा॥ उत्पत्स्यति हि मद्वंशपुरुषो राक्षसाधम। यस्त्वां सपुत्रं सामात्यं सबलं साश्वसारथिम्।९।। निहनिष्यति संग्रामे त्वां कुलाधम दुर्मते।

tamimaṃ mānuṣaṃ manye rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam| ikṣvākukulajātena anaraṇyena yatpurā|| utpatsyati hi madvaṃśapuruṣo rākṣasādhama| yastvāṃ saputraṃ sāmātyaṃ sabalaṃ sāśvasārathim|9|| nihaniṣyati saṃgrāme tvāṃ kulādhama durmate|

English Meaning

I deem even this son of Dasaratha as the occasion of my fear. I was formerly cursed by that lord of the Ikşawaku line-Anaranya-saying, 'O worst of Rākşasas, a person shall spring in my race, who, O wicked-minded one, shall you in battle along with your sons and courtiers and forces and horses and charioteers.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)