Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.18

कृतं कर्म महत् तेन मां तथाभ्यवपद्यता। तिष्ठता रावणवधे वृद्धेनापि जटायुषा॥

kṛtaṃ karma mahat tena māṃ tathābhyavapadyatā| tiṣṭhatā rāvaṇavadhe vṛddhenāpi jaṭāyuṣā||

English Meaning

O great was the work done by him, who, old as he was, for my sake, addressed himself to bring about Rāvana's destruction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)