Chapter 41 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 41.72

ग्राहयामास तारेयः स्वयमात्मानमात्मवान्। बलं दर्शयितुं वीरो यातुधानगणे तदा॥

grāhayāmāsa tāreyaḥ svayamātmānamātmavān| balaṃ darśayituṃ vīro yātudhānagaṇe tadā||

English Meaning

Tara's son suffered himself to be taken, in order that the hero might then display his prowess before the Yātudhānas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)