Chapter 63 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 63.6

बुध्यता च मया वीर्यं रावणस्य दुरात्मनः॥ पुत्रः संतर्जितो वाग्भिर्न त्राता मैथिली कथम्।

budhyatā ca mayā vīryaṃ rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ|| putraḥ saṃtarjito vāgbhirna trātā maithilī katham|

English Meaning

And knowing the prowess of the impious Rāvana, I said in rage to my son, versed in speech,-'Hearing her lamentation, and knowing them bereft of Sītā, why didst you not deliver her?'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)