Chapter 40 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 40.4

त्वद्वाक्यैर्न तु मां शक्यं भेत्तुं रामस्य संयुगे। मूर्खस्य पापशीलस्य मानुषस्य विशेषतः॥

tvadvākyairna tu māṃ śakyaṃ bhettuṃ rāmasya saṃyuge| mūrkhasya pāpaśīlasya mānuṣasya viśeṣataḥ||

English Meaning

I shall not be frightened thereby to fight with that foolish Rāma—a human being of vicious deeds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)