Chapter 81 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 81

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 81.17

दुरात्मनात्मनाशाय केशपक्षे परामृशः। ब्रह्मर्षीणां कुले जातो राक्षसी योनिमाश्रितः॥

durātmanātmanāśāya keśapakṣe parāmṛśaḥ| brahmarṣīṇāṃ kule jāto rākṣasī yonimāśritaḥ||

English Meaning

It is for your destruction, O Vicious-souled one! that you have touched her hair. Being descended from that great Brahmă ascetic you are born as a Rākşasa.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)