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)