Chapter 60 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 60.5

वायुसूनोर्बलेनैव दग्धा लङ्केति नः श्रुतम् ॥ दृष्ट्वा देवी न चानीता इति तत्र निवेदितुम्। न युक्तमिव पश्यामि भवद्भिः ख्यातपौरुषैः॥

vāyusūnorbalenaiva dagdhā laṅketi naḥ śrutam || dṛṣṭvā devī na cānītā iti tatra niveditum| na yuktamiva paśyāmi bhavadbhiḥ khyātapauruṣaiḥ||

English Meaning

I have heard, that, by Wind-god's son alone Lankā was burnt. You are all famed for your manliness, it dose not behove you to speak before Rāma. “We have seen the worshipful dame but have not been able to bring her.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)