Chapter 51 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 51.17

अभिनिष्क्रम्य तद्द्वारं बलाध्यक्षमुवाच ह। त्वरयस्व बलं शीघ्रं किं चिरेण युयुत्सतः॥

abhiniṣkramya taddvāraṃ balādhyakṣamuvāca ha| tvarayasva balaṃ śīghraṃ kiṃ cireṇa yuyutsataḥ||

English Meaning

And speedily sallying forth from the gate of (Ravana's residence, he said to the general of the forces, “Do you speedily move off your forces. why should a warrior linger?”

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)