Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.14

अहं हि पुरुषव्याघ्रावपश्यन् रामलक्ष्मणौ। केन शक्तिप्रभावेण राज्यं रक्षितुमुत्सहे॥

ahaṃ hi puruṣavyāghrāvapaśyan rāmalakṣmaṇau| kena śaktiprabhāveṇa rājyaṃ rakṣitumutsahe||

English Meaning

Not seeing those chiefs of men, Rāma and Lakşmaņa, by virtue of whose energy can I venture to rule the kingdom?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)