Chapter 32 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 32.8

अतोनिमित्तं त्रस्तोऽहं रामेण तु महात्मना। यन्ममोपकृतं शक्यं प्रतिकर्तुं न तन्मया॥

atonimittaṃ trasto'haṃ rāmeṇa tu mahātmanā| yanmamopakṛtaṃ śakyaṃ pratikartuṃ na tanmayā||

English Meaning

I have not done him any good proportionate to what the high-souled Rāma had done for me; and it is for this reason that I am afraid of him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)