Chapter 14 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 14.10

वधस्तु रामस्य मया त्वया च प्रहस्त सर्वैरपि राक्षसैर्वा। कथं भवेदर्थविशारदस्य महार्णवं तर्तुमिवाप्लवस्य॥

vadhastu rāmasya mayā tvayā ca prahasta sarvairapi rākṣasairvā| kathaṃ bhavedarthaviśāradasya mahārṇavaṃ tartumivāplavasya||

English Meaning

As one without a raft cannot cross over the mighty main, how can I, or you, or all the Raksasa combined, cause death to Rāma, who, O Prahasta, is versed in the sense of things.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)