Chapter 11 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 11.74

कामं राघव ते वाणी प्रमाणं धैर्यमाकृतिः। सूचयन्ति परं तेजो भस्मच्छन्नमिवानलम्॥

kāmaṃ rāghava te vāṇī pramāṇaṃ dhairyamākṛtiḥ| sūcayanti paraṃ tejo bhasmacchannamivānalam||

English Meaning

O Rāghava, your words, patience and figure are the proofs of your heroism—truly do they bespeak of your valour like to fire hidden by ashes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)