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)