Chapter 111 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 111.31

हा स्वप्नः सत्यमेवेदं त्वं रामेण कथं हतः॥ त्वं मृत्योरपि मृत्युः स्याः कथं मृत्युवशं गतः।

hā svapnaḥ satyamevedaṃ tvaṃ rāmeṇa kathaṃ hataḥ|| tvaṃ mṛtyorapi mṛtyuḥ syāḥ kathaṃ mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ|

English Meaning

That you wouldst be slain by Rāma was like a dream, but it has proved true! You were like death to Death himself, why have you been possessed by him then?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)