Chapter 4 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 4.13

हतोऽहं पुरुषव्याघ्र शक्रतुल्यबलेन वै। मया तु पूर्वं त्वं मोहान ज्ञातः पुरुषर्षभ॥

hato'haṃ puruṣavyāghra śakratulyabalena vai| mayā tu pūrvaṃ tvaṃ mohāna jñātaḥ puruṣarṣabha||

English Meaning

Slain am I, O chief of men, by you possessed of strength equal to that of Śakra. Through ignorance, O foremost of men, I could not before know you.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)