Chapter 10 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 10.3

किं नु वक्ष्याम्यहं देवि त्वयैवोक्तमिदं वचः। क्षत्रियैर्धार्यते चापो नार्तशब्दो भवेदिति॥

kiṃ nu vakṣyāmyahaṃ devi tvayaivoktamidaṃ vacaḥ| kṣatriyairdhāryate cāpo nārtaśabdo bhavediti||

English Meaning

What, O exalted one, shall I say? You have yourself by your words (furnished an answer to what you had said). Kşatriyas wear bows in order that the word 'distressed' may not exist (on earth).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)