Chapter 53 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 53.9

किं शक्यं कर्तुमेवं हि यज्जवेनैव धावसि। मुहूर्तमपि तिष्ठ त्वं न जीवन् प्रतियास्यसि ॥

kiṃ śakyaṃ kartumevaṃ hi yajjavenaiva dhāvasi| muhūrtamapi tiṣṭha tvaṃ na jīvan pratiyāsyasi ||

English Meaning

What can I do (to you), as you proceed with speed? But stay you for a moment; and you shall not return with life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)