Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.16

न शक्यं मामवज्ञाय प्रवेष्टुं नगरीमिमाम्। अद्य प्राणैः परित्यक्तः स्वप्स्यसे निहतो मया॥

na śakyaṃ māmavajñāya praveṣṭuṃ nagarīmimām| adya prāṇaiḥ parityaktaḥ svapsyase nihato mayā||

English Meaning

You are unable to enter this city, passing me by. You shall to-day, losing your life and slain by me, sleep (the sleep of death).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)