Chapter 48 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 48.46

स बद्धस्तेन वल्केन विमुक्तोऽस्त्रेण वीर्यवान्। अस्त्रबन्धः स चान्यं हि न बन्धमनुवर्तते॥

sa baddhastena valkena vimukto'streṇa vīryavān| astrabandhaḥ sa cānyaṃ hi na bandhamanuvartate||

English Meaning

Being bound with bark, that powerful (monkey) got himself freed from the binding of the weapon, for the binding force of a Brahma weapon becomes null when there is any other binding.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)