Chapter 21 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 21.15

शूरमानीं न शूरस्त्वं मिथ्यारोपितविक्रमः॥ अपयाहि जनस्थानात् त्वरितः सहबान्धवः। जहि त्वं समरे मूढान्यथा तु कुलपांसन॥ मानुषौ तौ न शक्नोसि हन्तुं वै रामलक्ष्मणौ। निःसत्त्वस्याल्पवीर्यस्य वासस्ते कीदृशस्त्विह॥

śūramānīṃ na śūrastvaṃ mithyāropitavikramaḥ|| apayāhi janasthānāt tvaritaḥ sahabāndhavaḥ| jahi tvaṃ samare mūḍhānyathā tu kulapāṃsana|| mānuṣau tau na śaknosi hantuṃ vai rāmalakṣmaṇau| niḥsattvasyālpavīryasya vāsaste kīdṛśastviha||

English Meaning

You plume yourself on being a hero; but are really none such. Prowess has been falsely attributed to you. Go off from Janasthāna without delay, along with your friends. O stainer of your line, do you in battle slay those foolhardy ones. But if you fail in slaying those human beings, Rama and Laksmana, then how can you void of strength and of slender prowess, stay here?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)