Chapter 37 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 37.14

शरार्चिषमनाधृष्यं चापखङ्गेन्धनं रणे। रामाग्निं सहसा दीप्तं न प्रवेष्टुं त्वमर्हसि॥

śarārciṣamanādhṛṣyaṃ cāpakhaṅgendhanaṃ raṇe| rāmāgniṃ sahasā dīptaṃ na praveṣṭuṃ tvamarhasi||

English Meaning

It did not behove you to enter that fire of Rāma who has arrows for rays and bow and scimitar for fuel. It did not behove you,

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)