Chapter 16 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 16.11

किं त्विदानी मया शक्यं हन्तुं त्वां हे निशाचर। न हन्तव्यो हतस्त्वं हि पूर्वमेव स्वकर्मभिः॥

kiṃ tvidānī mayā śakyaṃ hantuṃ tvāṃ he niśācara| na hantavyo hatastvaṃ hi pūrvameva svakarmabhiḥ||

English Meaning

But, O night-ranger, I can even now end you quite; yet I must not slay you for you have ere this been slain by your acts.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)