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)