Chapter 30 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 30.14

दृढं खल्ववलिप्तोऽसि भयेष्वपि च निर्भयः। वाच्यावाच्यं ततो हि त्वं मृत्योर्वश्यो न बुध्यसे ॥

dṛḍhaṃ khalvavalipto'si bhayeṣvapi ca nirbhayaḥ| vācyāvācyaṃ tato hi tvaṃ mṛtyorvaśyo na budhyase ||

English Meaning

You are wondrous proud; and you are fearless albeit fear is present to you. And come under the sway of Death, you do not understand what should be said and what left unspoken.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)