Chapter 17 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 17.20

कश्च तावदसौ यं त्वं विष्णुरित्यभिभाषसे। वीर्येण तपसा चैव भोगेन च बलेन च। स मया नो मसो भद्रे यं त्वं कामयसेऽङ्गने॥

kaśca tāvadasau yaṃ tvaṃ viṣṇurityabhibhāṣase| vīryeṇa tapasā caiva bhogena ca balena ca| sa mayā no maso bhadre yaṃ tvaṃ kāmayase'ṅgane||

English Meaning

Who is he whom you call Vişņu O mild one, neither in prowess, nor in asceticism, nor in enjoyment, nor in strength, is he my equal, whom, O damsel, you seek.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)