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)