Chapter 57 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 57.8

वसिष्ठं स समाहूय कथयामास चिन्तितम्॥ अशक्यमिति चाप्युक्तो वसिष्ठेन महात्मना।

vasiṣṭhaṃ sa samāhūya kathayāmāsa cintitam|| aśakyamiti cāpyukto vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā|

English Meaning

And summoning Vasiştha, he unfolded his mind to him. And on the high-souled Vasiştha saying, 'I am incapable of doing this,'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)