Chapter 21 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 21.29

तस्य ते विग्रहे ताभ्यां युगग्रहणमस्थिरम्। वृत्रस्येवेन्द्रबाहुभ्यां बाहोरेकस्य विग्रहे॥

tasya te vigrahe tābhyāṃ yugagrahaṇamasthiram| vṛtrasyevendrabāhubhyāṃ bāhorekasya vigrahe||

English Meaning

If do you engage in conflict with them, your wealth and friends shall be of no avail to you (and you shall be discomfited) like to onehanded Asura Vſtra by the two handed Indra.* *The allusion is-the mighty Asura Vrtra fought with Indra for a long time even after he had his one hand chopped off.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)