Chapter 54 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 54.21

निर्यातयितुमिच्छामि तच्च वैरं महारिपोः। नहि लप्स्याम्यहं निद्रामहत्वा संयुगे रिपुम्॥ तं त्विदानीमहं हत्वा खरदूषणघातिनम्। राम शर्मोपलप्स्यामि धनं लब्ध्वेव निर्धनः॥

niryātayitumicchāmi tacca vairaṃ mahāripoḥ| nahi lapsyāmyahaṃ nidrāmahatvā saṃyuge ripum|| taṃ tvidānīmahaṃ hatvā kharadūṣaṇaghātinam| rāma śarmopalapsyāmi dhanaṃ labdhveva nirdhanaḥ||

English Meaning

I wish to avenge myself on my mighty enemy. Sleep find I none without slaying my foe in fight. Slaying that slayer of Khara and Dūşaņa, Rāma, I shall attain delight like to that attained by a pauper on gaining riches.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)