Chapter 9 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 9.7

स तु वै निःसृतः क्रोधात्तं हन्तुमसुरोत्तमम्। वार्यमाणस्ततः स्त्रीभिर्मया च प्रणतात्मना ॥

sa tu vai niḥsṛtaḥ krodhāttaṃ hantumasurottamam| vāryamāṇastataḥ strībhirmayā ca praṇatātmanā ||

English Meaning

And as he rushed out in wrath, for the purpose of slaying that foremost of Asuras, he was opposed by his wives as well as myself, who humbled himself before him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)