Chapter 29 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 29.5

नहि मां त्वत्समीपस्थामपि शक्रोऽपि राघव। सुराणामीश्वरः शक्तः प्रधर्षयितुमोजसा॥

nahi māṃ tvatsamīpasthāmapi śakro'pi rāghava| surāṇāmīśvaraḥ śaktaḥ pradharṣayitumojasā||

English Meaning

If I live by you, O Rāghava, Sakra, the lord of celestials, shall not be able with his mighty power to defeat me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)