Chapter 30 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 30.11

पश्य लक्ष्मण दुर्वृत्तान् राक्षसान् पिशिताशनान्। मानवास्त्रसमाधूताननिलेन यथा घनान्॥ करिष्यामि न संदेहो नोत्सहे हन्तुमीदृशान्।

paśya lakṣmaṇa durvṛttān rākṣasān piśitāśanān| mānavāstrasamādhūtānanilena yathā ghanān|| kariṣyāmi na saṃdeho notsahe hantumīdṛśān|

English Meaning

Behold O Lakşmana, by means of a Mānava weapon, I shall, without doubt, drive away the wicked; flesh-eating Raksasas, even as the wind drive away clouds before it. Surely I cannot bring myself to slay such as these.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)