Chapter 55 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 55.13

कथं नु जीवता शक्यो मया द्रष्टुं हरीश्वरः। तौ वा पुरुषशार्दूलौ कार्यसर्वस्वघातिना ॥

kathaṃ nu jīvatā śakyo mayā draṣṭuṃ harīśvaraḥ| tau vā puruṣaśārdūlau kāryasarvasvaghātinā ||

English Meaning

For, living, I shall not be able to face that lord of monkeys, and how shall I, having spoilt their work utterly, show myself to those foremost of men?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)