Chapter 32 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 32.26

इदं हि तेजस्तव यद् दुरत्ययं तदेव जिज्ञासितुमिच्छता मया। इमं भवानर्थमभिप्रचोदितो वृणीष्व किं चेदपरं व्यवस्यसि॥

idaṃ hi tejastava yad duratyayaṃ tadeva jijñāsitumicchatā mayā| imaṃ bhavānarthamabhipracodito vṛṇīṣva kiṃ cedaparaṃ vyavasyasi||

English Meaning

I acted thus only as a matter of joke. I asked you to do this only with the object of knowing whether you had the power to hurl this rod. Do you ask of me now anything you like.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)