Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.23

मामनिर्जित्य दुर्बुद्धे राक्षसेश्वरपालिताम्। न शक्यं ह्यद्य ते द्रष्टुं पुरीयं वानराधम॥

māmanirjitya durbuddhe rākṣaseśvarapālitām| na śakyaṃ hyadya te draṣṭuṃ purīyaṃ vānarādhama||

English Meaning

you of perverse understanding, O worst of monkeys, without in the first instance) vanquishing me, you cannot to-day behold this city ruled by the monarch of the Rākşasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)