Chapter 36 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 36.12

अथवा शक्तिमन्तौ तौ सुराणामपि निग्रहे। ममैव तु न दुःखानामस्ति मन्ये विपर्ययः॥

athavā śaktimantau tau surāṇāmapi nigrahe| mamaiva tu na duḥkhānāmasti manye viparyayaḥ||

English Meaning

Or they are capable of discomfiting the celestials in a battle but me-thinks by my illluck, the end of my miseries has not arrived as yet.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)