Chapter 54 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 54.15

स त्वं हीनः सुहृद्भिश्च हितकामैश्च बन्धुभिः। तृणादपि भृशोद्विग्रः स्पन्दमानाद् भविष्यसि ॥ अत्युग्रवेगा निशिता घोरा लक्ष्मणसायकाः। अपावृत्तं जिघांसन्तो महावेगा दुरासदाः॥

sa tvaṃ hīnaḥ suhṛdbhiśca hitakāmaiśca bandhubhiḥ| tṛṇādapi bhṛśodvigraḥ spandamānād bhaviṣyasi || atyugravegā niśitā ghorā lakṣmaṇasāyakāḥ| apāvṛttaṃ jighāṃsanto mahāvegā durāsadāḥ||

English Meaning

Then forsaken by the kindred as well as friends seeking your welfare, you shall be struck with affright even at a quaking blade of grass. If you make head (against Sugriva), the sharpened shafts of Laksmana, terrible, of exceeding impetuosity and mighty vehemence, and incapable of being baffled, shall be eager to slay you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)