तस्याभूत्सुमहांस्त्रासः कुत्सा चात्मन्यजायत। लङ्कां प्रदहता कर्म किंस्वित्कृतमिदं मया।।5.55.2।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
तस्य to him, सुमहान् very great, त्रासः fear, अभूत् overtook, आत्मनि in himself, कुत्सा च self reproach, अजायत was felt, लङ्काम् Lanka, प्रदहता while burning, मया by me, इदम् this, किंस्वित् what a heinous, कर्म action, कृतम् perpetrated.
English Commentary
Overtaken by great fear, Hanuman felt a sense of selfreproach seeing Lanka reduced to ashes, and said, ' Lanka is burnt. What a heinous action has been perpetrated by me'.