Chapter 50 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 50.18

वृद्धोऽहं त्वं युवा धन्वी सरथः कवची शरी। न चाप्यादाय कुशली वैदेहीं मे गमिष्यसि ॥

vṛddho'haṃ tvaṃ yuvā dhanvī sarathaḥ kavacī śarī| na cāpyādāya kuśalī vaidehīṃ me gamiṣyasi ||

English Meaning

Old though I am, you shall not be able to carry away with safety Jānakī in my presence, young, accoutred in mails as you are with bow and arrows in your hands and ascending a car.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)