Chapter 13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 13.45

ततो विक्रममासाद्य धैर्यवान् कपिकुञ्जरः। रावणं वा वधिष्यामि दशग्रीवं महाबलम्। काममस्तु हृता सीता प्रत्याचीर्णं भविष्यति ॥

tato vikramamāsādya dhairyavān kapikuñjaraḥ| rāvaṇaṃ vā vadhiṣyāmi daśagrīvaṃ mahābalam| kāmamastu hṛtā sītā pratyācīrṇaṃ bhaviṣyati ||

English Meaning

Then summoning energy, that elephantine monkey endued with fortitude reflected, Or I shall slay the Ten-necked Rāvaņa possessed of great strength. Sītā has been carried off; but by this I shall avenge myself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)