Chapter 29 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 29.6

किं नु मृत्योर्भयं नास्ति मां वक्तुं परुषं वचः। यस्य मे शासतो जिह्वा प्रयच्छति शुभाशुभम्॥

kiṃ nu mṛtyorbhayaṃ nāsti māṃ vaktuṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ| yasya me śāsato jihvā prayacchati śubhāśubham||

English Meaning

Have you no fear of death that you use harsh speech towards me, who am the ruler and whose tongue dispense good and evil?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)