Verse 36
You have done a wrong· Verses 36–41
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36The killer of enemy heroes turned the fire-offering cow back with her calf, and coming to the hermitage he gave her over, sorely used as she was, to his father. 37Rama set out to his father and to his brothers what he had done. Jamadagni heard him through, and then he spoke. 38Rama, Rama, great-armed one, you have done a wrong. You have killed a god among men, in whom all the gods are, and killed him for nothing. 39We are brahmins, my child, and it is by forbearance that we have come to be worth honouring. It was by that same forbearance that the god who teaches the worlds went to the highest station. 40By forbearance the splendour that belongs to Brahman shines out, as the light of the sun shines. With those who forbear, the Bhagavan, Hari the Lord, is quickly pleased.
41The killing of a king anointed on the head is a heavier thing than the killing of a brahmin. Wash the wrong away by attending on the fords, dear one, with your mind on the Unfallen.