Chapter 42 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 42.3

नहि रामं पराक्रम्य जीवन् प्रतिनिवर्तते। वर्तते प्रतिरूपोऽसौ यमदण्डहतस्य ते॥

nahi rāmaṃ parākramya jīvan pratinivartate| vartate pratirūpo'sau yamadaṇḍahatasya te||

English Meaning

Meeting with his prowess you shall never return with your life; he is like the noose of Death to you though you had baffled its power.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)