Chapter 22 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 22.33

तन्न खल्वेष ते सौम्य पात्यो रावणमूर्धनि। नह्यस्मिन्पतिते कश्चिन्मुहूर्तमपि जीवति॥

tanna khalveṣa te saumya pātyo rāvaṇamūrdhani| nahyasminpatite kaścinmuhūrtamapi jīvati||

English Meaning

Therefore, O mild one, you forsooth should not bring it down on Rāvana's head. If this alights on any one, he does not live for a moment.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)