Chapter 42 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 42.11

दुरासदा हि ते वीराः सत्त्ववन्तो महाबलाः। फलामूलानि ते तत्र रक्षन्ते भीमविक्रमाः॥

durāsadā hi te vīrāḥ sattvavanto mahābalāḥ| phalāmūlāni te tatra rakṣante bhīmavikramāḥ||

English Meaning

Those heroes are hard to approach; and they are truthful and possessed of great might. And there they of dreadful prowess stow away their fruits and roots.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)