Chapter 100 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 100.32

तामपि प्रहितां शक्तिं रावणेन बलीयसा। यत्नतस्ते हरिश्रेष्ठा न शेकुरवमर्दितुम्॥

tāmapi prahitāṃ śaktiṃ rāvaṇena balīyasā| yatnataste hariśreṣṭhā na śekuravamarditum||

English Meaning

In spite of all their efforts, the foremost monkeys failed to extract the dart which had been hurled by the powerful Rāvaņa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)