Chapter 105 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 105

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 105.5

गतिं खर इवाश्वस्य तार्थ्यस्येव पतत्त्रिणः। अनुगन्तुं न शक्तिर्मे गतिं तव महीपते॥

gatiṃ khara ivāśvasya tārthyasyeva patattriṇaḥ| anugantuṃ na śaktirme gatiṃ tava mahīpate||

English Meaning

As a mule is incapable of imitating the course of a horse, or as birds, that of Tarksya, I, O Lord of earth, lack the strength to imitate you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)