Chapter 24 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 24.41

न मे तूणीशयान्बाणान्सविषानिव पन्नगान्। रामः पश्यति संग्रामे तेन मां योद्भुमिच्छति ॥

na me tūṇīśayānbāṇānsaviṣāniva pannagān| rāmaḥ paśyati saṃgrāme tena māṃ yodbhumicchati ||

English Meaning

Rāma has not seen my shafts resting in the quiver, resembling venomous serpents, and therefore it is that he seek to fight with me.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)