Sundara Kanda 58.148
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Sundara Kanda 58 · Verse 148
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Sanskrit Original
सुमहत्यपराधेऽपि दूतस्यातुलविक्रमः। विरूपकरणं दृष्टं न वधोऽस्तीति शास्त्रतः।।
sumahatyaparādhē.pi dūtasyātulavikramaḥ. virūpakaraṇaṅ dṛṣṭaṅ na vadhō.stīti śāstrataḥ৷৷
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'O Ravana of immeasurable courage even if the emissary has done any kind of harm he may be mutilated but not murdered. Nowhere do the sastras allow killing (of an ambassador).