Chapter 104 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 104.2

हीनवीर्यमिवाशक्तं पौरुषेण विवर्जितम्। भीरं लघुमिवासत्त्वं विहीनमिव तेजसा॥ विमुक्तमिव मायाबिरलैरिव बहिष्कृतम्। मामवज्ञाय दुर्बुद्धे स्वया बुद्ध्या विचेष्टसे॥

hīnavīryamivāśaktaṃ pauruṣeṇa vivarjitam| bhīraṃ laghumivāsattvaṃ vihīnamiva tejasā|| vimuktamiva māyābiralairiva bahiṣkṛtam| māmavajñāya durbuddhe svayā buddhyā viceṣṭase||

English Meaning

perverse sense, disregarding me as devoid of prowess, and incompetent, and bereft of vigour-as cowardly, light, nerveless and shorn of energy, and as divorced by the power of illusion and debarred by arms, you act on your own understanding.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)