Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.11

अत्यङ्कुशमिवोद्दामं गजं मदजलोद्धतम्। प्रधावितमहं दैवं पौरुषेण निवर्तये॥

atyaṅkuśamivoddāmaṃ gajaṃ madajaloddhatam| pradhāvitamahaṃ daivaṃ pauruṣeṇa nivartaye||

English Meaning

Thwart shall I that assailing destiny by my prowess like to a terrible elephant, freed of its shackles, past the restraining power of a goading hook and inflamed with the juice issuing out of its temples.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)