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)