Chapter 53 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 53.12

सर्वेषामेव पर्याप्तो राक्षसानामहं युधि। किं तु रामस्य प्रीत्यर्थं विषहिष्येऽहमीदृशम्॥

sarveṣāmeva paryāpto rākṣasānāmahaṃ yudhi| kiṃ tu rāmasya prītyarthaṃ viṣahiṣye'hamīdṛśam||

English Meaning

I can slay all these Rākşasas in battle; but I suffer this (maltreatment) for not marring the (pure delight) Rāma shall derive from my deed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)