Chapter 8 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 8.42

हृष्टः कथय विस्रब्धो यावदारोप्यते धनुः। सृष्टश्च हि मया बाणो निरस्तश्च रिपुस्तव॥

hṛṣṭaḥ kathaya visrabdho yāvadāropyate dhanuḥ| sṛṣṭaśca hi mayā bāṇo nirastaśca ripustava||

English Meaning

Do you cheerfully and confidingly speak while I fix the string to my bow. As soon as my shaft is off, your foe is beaten.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)