Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.36

तस्य वीर्यवतः कच्चिद् यद्यस्ति मयि सम्भ्रमः। किमर्थं न शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः क्षयं नयति राक्षसान्॥

tasya vīryavataḥ kaccid yadyasti mayi sambhramaḥ| kimarthaṃ na śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ kṣayaṃ nayati rākṣasān||

English Meaning

If that puissant one still retains any regard for me, why dose he not by means of sharpened shafts make roots and branch work with the Raksasas?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)