Chapter 12 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 12.31

ततोऽहं रूपसादृश्यान्मोहितो वानरोत्तम। नोत्सृजामि महावेगं शरं शत्रुनिबर्हणम्॥

tato'haṃ rūpasādṛśyānmohito vānarottama| notsṛjāmi mahāvegaṃ śaraṃ śatrunibarhaṇam||

English Meaning

O best of monkeys, being thus surprised by the similarity of your countenances I could not discharge that foe-destroying and quick-coursing shaft.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)