Chapter 51 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 51.29

काम खल्वहमप्येकः सवाजिरथकुञ्जराम्। लङ्कां नाशयितुं शक्तस्तस्यैष तु न निश्चयः॥

kāma khalvahamapyekaḥ savājirathakuñjarām| laṅkāṃ nāśayituṃ śaktastasyaiṣa tu na niścayaḥ||

English Meaning

I, alone that I am, can at my will destroy Lankā with her steeds and elephants and cars; but he whose envoy I am has not yet decided on this point.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)