Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.24

बद्धगोधामुलित्राणे प्रगृहीतशरासने। कथं पुरुषमानी स्यात् पुरुषाणां मयि स्थिते॥

baddhagodhāmulitrāṇe pragṛhītaśarāsane| kathaṃ puruṣamānī syāt puruṣāṇāṃ mayi sthite||

English Meaning

Who is there, proud of his own prowess, that ! shall be able to withstand me when I shall appear at the battle field with bows and leathern fences of fingers.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)