Chapter 29 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 29.15

विक्रान्ता बलवन्तो वा ये भवन्ति नरर्षभाः। कथयन्ति न ते किंचित् तेजसा चातिगर्विताः॥

vikrāntā balavanto vā ye bhavanti nararṣabhāḥ| kathayanti na te kiṃcit tejasā cātigarvitāḥ||

English Meaning

Those foremost of men that are puissant and powerful, do not, inflated with their energy, mouth (their own consequence).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)