Chapter 52 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 52.20

अपि चास्मिन्हते नान्यं राजन् पश्यामि खेचरम्। तस्मान्नास्य वधे यत्नः कार्यः परपुरंजय। भवान् सेन्द्रेषु देवेषु यत्नमास्थातुमर्हति ॥

api cāsminhate nānyaṃ rājan paśyāmi khecaram| tasmānnāsya vadhe yatnaḥ kāryaḥ parapuraṃjaya| bhavān sendreṣu deveṣu yatnamāsthātumarhati ||

English Meaning

O king, if this one be slain, no other skyranger whatever would show himself tous. Threfore, O captor of hostile capitals, do not seek to slay this one. You should spend yourself on celestials with Indra (at their head).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)