Chapter 37 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 37.53

कामं त्वमपि पर्याप्तो निहन्तुं सर्वराक्षसान्। राघवस्य यशो हीयेत् त्वया शस्तैस्तु राक्षसैः॥

kāmaṃ tvamapi paryāpto nihantuṃ sarvarākṣasān| rāghavasya yaśo hīyet tvayā śastaistu rākṣasaiḥ||

English Meaning

You are capable of destroying the Rākṣasas very easily (I admit)—but Rama's fame shall then be souled if do you bring about their destruction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)