Chapter 36 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 36.33

शेषुरेनं रघुश्रेष्ठ नातिक्रुद्धातिमन्यवः। बाधसे यत्समाश्रित्य बलमस्मान्पुलवंगम॥ ततस्तु हततेजौजा स तु तद्दीर्घकालं वेत्तासि नास्माकं शापमोहितः। यदा ते स्मार्यते कीर्तिस्तदा ते वर्धते बलम्॥

śeṣurenaṃ raghuśreṣṭha nātikruddhātimanyavaḥ| bādhase yatsamāśritya balamasmānpulavaṃgama|| tatastu hatatejaujā sa tu taddīrghakālaṃ vettāsi nāsmākaṃ śāpamohitaḥ| yadā te smāryate kīrtistadā te vardhate balam||

English Meaning

That you will be unconscious of the prowess endowed with which you torment us. You will be conscious of your power only after being reminded of it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)