Chapter 11 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 11.29

न त्वं स्त्रीसंनिधौ वीर वचनं वक्तुमर्हसि। मम युद्धं प्रयच्छाद्य ततो ज्ञास्यामि ते बलम्॥

na tvaṃ strīsaṃnidhau vīra vacanaṃ vaktumarhasi| mama yuddhaṃ prayacchādya tato jñāsyāmi te balam||

English Meaning

O hero, it becomes you not to speak thus before your wives. Do you enter into conflict with me and your prowess shall be ascertained thereafter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)