विषये वा पुरे वा ते यदा पापम् करोमि अहम् | न च त्वाम् अवजाने अहं कस्मात् त्वम् हंसि अकिल्बिषम् || १-१७-२४ फल मूल अशनम् नित्यम् वानरम् वन गोचरम् | माम् इह अप्रतियुध्यन्तम् अन्येन च समागतम् || १-१७-२५
vayam vanacaraa raama mR^igaa muula phala ashanaaH |eShaa prakR^itir asmaakam puruShaH tvam nareshvaraH || 1-17-30
Translation
"I am non-guilty as I have not committed any misdeed either in your country or in your city, nor I have taunted you; I am a vanara subsisting on fruits and tubers and always moving in forests alone; such as I am, what made you to torture me when I was not combating with you en face, furthermore, when I was involved with another? [4-17-24, 25]
Chapter context
Vali's Questioning Rama's Propriety
48 verses · Verse 24 of 48
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