Chapter 36 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 36.9

धनुर्विस्फारमाणस्य यस्य शब्देन लक्ष्मण। सशैला कम्पिता भूमिः सहायैः किं नु तस्य वै॥

dhanurvisphāramāṇasya yasya śabdena lakṣmaṇa| saśailā kampitā bhūmiḥ sahāyaiḥ kiṃ nu tasya vai||

English Meaning

O Lakşmaņa, what is the use of help to him the sounds of whose stretching bow made the Earth tremble with her mountains?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)