Chapter 30 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 30.33

कामं हन्तुं समर्थोऽस्मि सहस्राण्यपि रक्षसाम्। न तु शक्ष्याम्यहं प्राप्तुं परं पारं महोदधेः॥

kāmaṃ hantuṃ samartho'smi sahasrāṇyapi rakṣasām| na tu śakṣyāmyahaṃ prāptuṃ paraṃ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ||

English Meaning

I am capable of destroying thousands of Rākşasas, but I shall not then be able to get at the other shore of the great ocean.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)