Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.31

जानन्नपि च किं कुर्यादशक्तश्चापरिक्रमः।॥ भिद्यमानमिवाशक्तस्त्रातुमन्यो नगो नगम्।

jānannapi ca kiṃ kuryādaśaktaścāparikramaḥ||| bhidyamānamivāśaktastrātumanyo nago nagam|

English Meaning

And what could he do, even if he knew it, being as he is incapable and unable to go about? One tree cannot rescue another that is being battered (by the winds).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)