Chapter 20 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 20.14

इत्युक्तो मुनिना तेन राजोवाच मुनिं तदा। नहि शक्तोऽस्मि संग्रामे स्थातुं तस्य दुरात्मनः॥

ityukto muninā tena rājovāca muniṃ tadā| nahi śakto'smi saṃgrāme sthātuṃ tasya durātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

The ascetic having spoken thus, the king then answered him, I am incapable of standing that wicked-souled one in fight.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)