Chapter 21 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 21.9

कृतास्त्रमकृतास्त्रं वा नैनं शक्ष्यन्ति राक्षसाः। गुप्तं कुशिकपुत्रेण ज्वलनेनामृतं यथा॥

kṛtāstramakṛtāstraṃ vā nainaṃ śakṣyanti rākṣasāḥ| guptaṃ kuśikaputreṇa jvalanenāmṛtaṃ yathā||

English Meaning

Accomplished or not accomplished in weapons, the Rākṣasas cannot bear him protected by Kusika's son, like ambrosia, by flaming fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)