Chapter 76 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 76.18

न चेयं तव काकुत्स्थ व्रीडा भवितुमर्हति। त्वया त्रैलोक्यनाथेन यदहं विमुखीकृतः॥

na ceyaṃ tava kākutstha vrīḍā bhavitumarhati| tvayā trailokyanāthena yadahaṃ vimukhīkṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

And, O Kākutstha, neither ought I to be ashamed (because of this discomfiture); I have been baffled by the lord himself of the three worlds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)