Chapter 23 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 23.19

देवराजमपि क्रुद्धो मत्तैरावतगामिनम्॥ वज्रहस्तं रणे हन्यां किं पुनस्तौ च मानवौ।

devarājamapi kruddho mattairāvatagāminam|| vajrahastaṃ raṇe hanyāṃ kiṃ punastau ca mānavau|

English Meaning

Wrought up with rage, I shall slay in fight the sovereign of the celestials himself, going on his mad Airāvata, with the thunderbolt in his hand, what shall I say of those two, who are human beings?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)