Chapter 10 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 10.16

अहत्वा नास्ति मे शक्तिः प्रतिगन्तुमितः पुरीम्। बिलद्वारि प्रतीक्ष त्वं यावदेनं निहन्म्यहम्॥

ahatvā nāsti me śaktiḥ pratigantumitaḥ purīm| biladvāri pratīkṣa tvaṃ yāvadenaṃ nihanmyaham||

English Meaning

Without slaying (this Asura) I cannot return to the palace. Do you wait at the mouth of the cave while I slay him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)