Chapter 54 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 54.23

युष्माकं तु बलं ज्ञातं बहुशो रणमूर्धने। अतस्तस्मिञ्जनस्थाने मया यूयं निवेशिताः॥

yuṣmākaṃ tu balaṃ jñātaṃ bahuśo raṇamūrdhane| atastasmiñjanasthāne mayā yūyaṃ niveśitāḥ||

English Meaning

I have been well acquainted with your strength in many a field, and it is for this that I set you in Janasthāna.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)