निस्संशयं मया मन्ये पुरा वीर कदर्यया। पातुकामेषु वत्सेषु मातृ़णां शातितास्स्तनाः।।2.43.17।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
वीर O valiant one, कदर्यया out of avarice, मया by myself, निस्संशयम् undoubtedly, पुरा formerly, वत्सेषु calves, पातुकामेषु thirsting for milk, मातृ़णाम् of mothers, स्तनाः udders, शातिताः hacked by me.
English Commentary
O valiant one, in my previous birth I must have undoubtedly hacked off the udders of cows when the calves were thirsting for milk from their mothers.