Chapter 25 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 25.39

एष त्वां रामरूपेण लालः कर्षति वानर। येन स्म विधवाः सर्वाः कृता एकेषुणा रणे॥

eṣa tvāṃ rāmarūpeṇa lālaḥ karṣati vānara| yena sma vidhavāḥ sarvāḥ kṛtā ekeṣuṇā raṇe||

English Meaning

O monkey, Death himself, under the semblance of Rāma, is attracting you, who with one shaft in the battle, has rendered us all widows.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)