Chapter 51 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 51.23

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

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

English Meaning

Do you fight. O Ravana, if you are a hero, or wait for a moment and you shall lie down on the earth like to your brother Khara.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)