Chapter 92 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 92

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 92.14

मम नाम त्वया वीर गतस्य यमसादनम्। प्रेतकार्याणि कार्याणि विपरीते हि वर्तसे॥

mama nāma tvayā vīra gatasya yamasādanam| pretakāryāṇi kāryāṇi viparīte hi vartase||

English Meaning

O hero, I having gone to the region of Yama, you ought to have performed my last rites, but you stand in a relation the very reverse of this.* *i.e. I have to perform your last rites, you having fallen in fight while I am alive.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)