Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.9

निर्मनुष्यामिमां सर्वामयोध्यां मनुजर्षभ। करिष्यामि शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्यदि स्थास्यति विप्रिये॥

nirmanuṣyāmimāṃ sarvāmayodhyāṃ manujarṣabha| kariṣyāmi śaraistīkṣṇairyadi sthāsyati vipriye||

English Meaning

If any body stands here as an enemy, surely shall I, Oh best of men, depopulate the whole city of Ayodhyā with sharp arrows.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)