Chapter 48 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 48.18

नहि दृष्टिपथं प्राप्य राघवस्य रणे रिपुः। जीवन्प्रतिनिवर्तेत यद्यपि स्यान्मनोजवः॥

nahi dṛṣṭipathaṃ prāpya rāghavasya raṇe ripuḥ| jīvanpratinivarteta yadyapi syānmanojavaḥ||

English Meaning

Coming in battle within ken of Raghava, a foe, even if he be endowed with the fleetness of thought, does not go back living.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)