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)