Chapter 35 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 35.4

यदुक्तवन्तो रामस्य भवन्तस्तन्मया श्रुतम्। भवतश्चाप्यहं वेधि युद्धे सत्यपराक्रमान्।। तूष्णीकानीक्षतोन्योन्यं विदित्वा रामविक्रमम् ॥

yaduktavanto rāmasya bhavantastanmayā śrutam| bhavataścāpyahaṃ vedhi yuddhe satyaparākramān|| tūṣṇīkānīkṣatonyonyaṃ viditvā rāmavikramam ||

English Meaning

What you have said touching Rama's (prowess), has been heard by me. And I also know you to be of sterling valour in the field. Yet why, knowing Rāma's prowess, do you silently look at each other?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)