Chapter 53 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 53.11

न त्वं तयोः शरस्पर्श सोढुं शक्तः कथंचन। वने प्रज्वलितस्येव स्पर्शमग्नेविहंगमः॥

na tvaṃ tayoḥ śarasparśa soḍhuṃ śaktaḥ kathaṃcana| vane prajvalitasyeva sparśamagnevihaṃgamaḥ||

English Meaning

Even as a bird cannot bear the touch of a flaming fire in a forest, you can never bear the touch of their arrows. Effecting your own welfare, do you, O Ravana, leave me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)