Chapter 116 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 116.6

न तथास्मि महाबाहो यथा मामवगच्छसि। प्रत्ययं गच्छ मे स्वेन चारित्रेणैव ते शपे॥

na tathāsmi mahābāho yathā māmavagacchasi| pratyayaṃ gaccha me svena cāritreṇaiva te śape||

English Meaning

O you of long arms, I am not what you have taken me to be. Do you believe me-I do swear by my own character.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)