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)