Chapter 54 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 54.10

यां चेमां मन्यसे धात्रीमेतद् बलमिति श्रुतम्। एतल्लक्ष्मणबाणानामीषत् कार्य विदारणम्॥

yāṃ cemāṃ manyase dhātrīmetad balamiti śrutam| etallakṣmaṇabāṇānāmīṣat kārya vidāraṇam||

English Meaning

You considerest that this cave may serve for your protectress,* having heard of it (said by Tārā); but to rive the same is but light work for the shafts of Laksmana. *The word meaning cave is feminine in Sanskrit.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)