Chapter 14 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 14.9

प्रहस्त राजा च महोदरश्च त्वं कुम्भकर्णश्च यथार्थजातम्। ब्रवीत राम प्रति तन्न शक्यं यथा गतिः स्वर्गमधर्मबुद्धेः॥

prahasta rājā ca mahodaraśca tvaṃ kumbhakarṇaśca yathārthajātam| bravīta rāma prati tanna śakyaṃ yathā gatiḥ svargamadharmabuddheḥ||

English Meaning

O Prahasta, like a sinful person being unable to ascend heaven what the king, Mahodara, you, and Kumbhakarņa, are saying with reference to Rāma, shall not prove true.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)