Chapter 50 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 50.20

युध्यस्व यदि शूरोऽसि मुहूर्तं तिष्ठ रावण। शयिष्यसे हतो भूमौ यथा पूर्वं खरस्तथा॥

yudhyasva yadi śūro'si muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa| śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathā pūrvaṃ kharastathā||

English Meaning

If you are a hero do you fight. Or do you wait for a moment, O Rāvana, you shall also embrace the earth like to Khara.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)