Chapter 67 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 67.9

नैतत् सुरगणाः सर्वे सासुरा न च राक्षसाः। गन्धर्वयक्षप्रवराः सकिन्नरमहोरगाः॥ क्व गतिर्मानुषाणां च धनुषोऽस्य प्रपूरणे। आरोपणे समायोगे वेपने तोलने तथा॥

naitat suragaṇāḥ sarve sāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ| gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakinnaramahoragāḥ|| kva gatirmānuṣāṇāṃ ca dhanuṣo'sya prapūraṇe| āropaṇe samāyoge vepane tolane tathā||

English Meaning

And neither the celestials, nor the Asuras, nor the Rākşasas, nor the Gandharvas, nor the Yakş as, nor the Kinnaras, nor the mighty Uragas, how shall men fare have succeeded in stringing or stretching it, or fixing the arrow to it, or pulling its string, or wielding it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)