Chapter 38 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 38.17

एवमस्मि तदा मुक्तः सहायास्ते निपातिताः। अकृतास्त्रेण रामेण बालेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥

evamasmi tadā muktaḥ sahāyāste nipātitāḥ| akṛtāstreṇa rāmeṇa bālenākliṣṭakarmaṇā ||

English Meaning

Myself saved thus, my followers however all killed by Rāma of unwearied activity though a mere child and a novice in the are of warfare.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)