Chapter 53 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 53.10

निबद्धः कृतवान् वीरस्तत्कालसदृशीं मतिम्॥ कामं खलु न मे शक्ता निबद्धस्यापि राक्षसाः। छित्त्वा पाशान् समुत्पत्य हन्यामहमिमान् पुनः॥

nibaddhaḥ kṛtavān vīrastatkālasadṛśīṃ matim|| kāmaṃ khalu na me śaktā nibaddhasyāpi rākṣasāḥ| chittvā pāśān samutpatya hanyāmahamimān punaḥ||

English Meaning

That hero (being bound), entertained a purpose in harmony with the season. "Albeit bound, the Rākşasas cannot forsooth cope with me. Snapping these bonds, I shall, darting up, again slaughter these."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)