Chapter 52 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 52.20

एवमुक्ता हनुमता तापसी वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ जीवता दुष्करं मन्ये प्रविष्टेन निवर्तितुम्। तपसः सुप्रभावेण नियमोपार्जितेन च॥ सर्वानेव बिलादस्माद् तारयिष्यामि वानरान्।

evamuktā hanumatā tāpasī vākyamabravīt|| jīvatā duṣkaraṃ manye praviṣṭena nivartitum| tapasaḥ suprabhāveṇa niyamopārjitena ca|| sarvāneva bilādasmād tārayiṣyāmi vānarān|

English Meaning

Thus addressed by Hanumān, the ascetic said, Once entering, hard it is for any one to return (hence) alive. But by the potency of my asceticism acquired through self-discipline, I shall deliver all the monkeys from this den.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)