Chapter 50 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 50.22

किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं गतौ दूरं नृपात्मजौ। क्षिप्रं त्वं नश्यसे नीच तयोर्भीतो न संशयः॥

kiṃ nu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ gatau dūraṃ nṛpātmajau| kṣipraṃ tvaṃ naśyase nīca tayorbhīto na saṃśayaḥ||

English Meaning

These two princes Rāma and Lakşmaņa are at a distance, what shall I do now? O vile being, undoubtedly shall you, terrified, be destroyed by thein.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)