Chapter 47 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 47.24

अबालवद्वालदिवाकरप्रभः करोत्ययं कर्म महन्महाबलः। न चास्य सर्वाहवकर्मशालिनः प्रमापणे मे मतिरत्र जायते॥

abālavadvāladivākaraprabhaḥ karotyayaṃ karma mahanmahābalaḥ| na cāsya sarvāhavakarmaśālinaḥ pramāpaṇe me matiratra jāyate||

English Meaning

This exceedingly powerful one, endowed with the splendour of the infant sun, is doing dire deeds incapable of being done by a boy; and I am loth to slay one that has shown himself equal to every martial feat.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)