O monkey, about not destroying women, of which you were speaking (I might say) that we must always do what pains our enemies."* *There is one śloka intervening according to some texts, but it has been omitted by many. The reasons for this omission are best known to them. The purport is:-"Why did Rama slay Taraka before? And I shall therefore slay his spouse the daughter of king Janaka.” Hear in Indrajit attempts to justify himself and wants to prove that Räma is equally blameable for this.)
न हन्तव्याः स्त्रियश्चेति यद्ब्रवीषि प्लवङ्गम। पीडाकरममित्राणां यच्च कर्तव्यमेव तत्॥