Chapter 11 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 11.17

स्मर राजन् पुरा वृत्तं तस्मिन् देवासुरे रणे। तत्र त्वां च्यावयच्छत्रुस्तव जीवितमन्तरा ॥

smara rājan purā vṛttaṃ tasmin devāsure raṇe| tatra tvāṃ cyāvayacchatrustava jīvitamantarā ||

English Meaning

Remember, o king, the incidents that took place formerly in the war between gods and Asuras. Incapable of taking your life, your enemy had rendered you exceedingly feeble.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)