Chapter 59 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 59.85

तमाह सौमित्रिरदीनसत्त्वो विस्फारयन्तं धनुरप्रमेयम्। अवेहि मामद्य निशाचरेन्द्र न वानरांस्त्वं प्रतियोद्धमर्हसि ॥

tamāha saumitriradīnasattvo visphārayantaṃ dhanuraprameyam| avehi māmadya niśācarendra na vānarāṃstvaṃ pratiyoddhamarhasi ||

English Meaning

As that one of immeasurable prowess kept stretching his bow. And as that one of immeasurable prowess kept stretching his bow, Sumitrā's son of unflagging mettle, addressed him saying, “O lord of night-rangers, do you today try me in encounter. You ought not to strive with the monkeys."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)