Chapter 5 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 5.19

कदा नु राक्षसेन्द्रस्य निधायोरसि सायकान्। शोकं प्रत्याहरिष्यामि शोकमुत्सृज्य मानसम्॥

kadā nu rākṣasendrasya nidhāyorasi sāyakān| śokaṃ pratyāhariṣyāmi śokamutsṛjya mānasam||

English Meaning

When shall I, piercing with my shafts the breast of the lord of Raksasas, renounce my mind's grief?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)