Chapter 60 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 60.5

सर्वं तत्खलु मे मोघं यत्तप्तं परमं तपः। यत्समानो महेन्द्रेण मानुषेण विनिर्जितः॥

sarvaṃ tatkhalu me moghaṃ yattaptaṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ| yatsamāno mahendreṇa mānuṣeṇa vinirjitaḥ||

English Meaning

Forsooth all the austere asceticism I have performed go go for nothing, for although resembling the redoubtable Indra, I have been overcome by a mortal.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)