Chapter 11 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 11.81

नात्र शक्यं बलं ज्ञातुं तव वा तस्य वाधिकम्। आर्दै शुष्कमिति ह्येतत् सुमहद् राघवान्तरम्॥

nātra śakyaṃ balaṃ jñātuṃ tava vā tasya vādhikam| ārdai śuṣkamiti hyetat sumahad rāghavāntaram||

English Meaning

And unable am I to ascertain who is the mightier? There is a good deal of difference, O Rāghava, between a body, wet and dried.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)