Chapter 56 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 56.5

एतानिहन्तुमिच्छामि समरश्लाघिनो ह्यहम्। एतैः प्रमथितं सर्वं रक्षसां दृश्यते बलम्॥

etānihantumicchāmi samaraślāghino hyaham| etaiḥ pramathitaṃ sarvaṃ rakṣasāṃ dṛśyate balam||

English Meaning

Those, pluming themselves overmuch on their martial worth, I intended to slay in battle. And all this Rākşasa force appeared to be harassed by these.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)