Chapter 9 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 9.5

तच्च सर्वं महाबाहो शक्यं वोढुं जितेन्द्रियैः। तव वश्येन्द्रियत्वं च जानामि शुभदर्शन॥ तृतीयं यदिदं रौद्रं परप्राणाभिहिंसनम्। निर्वैरं क्रियते मोहात् तच्च ते समुपस्थितम्॥

tacca sarvaṃ mahābāho śakyaṃ voḍhuṃ jitendriyaiḥ| tava vaśyendriyatvaṃ ca jānāmi śubhadarśana|| tṛtīyaṃ yadidaṃ raudraṃ paraprāṇābhihiṃsanam| nirvairaṃ kriyate mohāt tacca te samupasthitam||

English Meaning

O you of a gracious presence, yours is control over sense. The third evil that leads men through ignorance to bear hostility towards others without any (cause of) hostility, is now present (to you).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)