Chapter 22 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 22.3

न रामं गणये वीर्यान्मानुषं क्षीणजीवितम्। आत्मदुश्चरितैः प्राणान् हतो योऽद्य विमोक्ष्यते॥

na rāmaṃ gaṇaye vīryānmānuṣaṃ kṣīṇajīvitam| ātmaduścaritaiḥ prāṇān hato yo'dya vimokṣyate||

English Meaning

From my prowess I count not Rāma who is a human being possessed of a frail life him who slain by me shall to-day in consequence of his misdeed give up existence.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)