Chapter 16 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 16.3

अधर्षितानां शूराणां समरेष्वनिवर्तिनाम्। धर्षणामर्षणं भीरु मरणादतिरिच्यते॥

adharṣitānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ samareṣvanivartinām| dharṣaṇāmarṣaṇaṃ bhīru maraṇādatiricyate||

English Meaning

O timid damsel, heroes, who have never been defeated and have never fled away from the battle field, had rather meet with death than put up with this ignominy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)