Chapter 51 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 51.24

अवध्यतां तपोभिर्या भवान् समनुपश्यति। आत्मनः सासुरैर्देवैर्हेतुस्तत्राप्ययं महान्॥

avadhyatāṃ tapobhiryā bhavān samanupaśyati| ātmanaḥ sāsurairdevairhetustatrāpyayaṃ mahān||

English Meaning

You deem yourself by virtue of your asceticism incapable of being destroyed by the celestials and Asuras; and herein your great merit (incident to they austerities) is the cause.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)