Chapter 64 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 64.11

तं सिंहमिव संक्रुद्धं रामं दशरथात्मजम्। सर्प सुप्तमहो बुद्ध्वा प्रबोधयितुमिच्छसि॥

taṃ siṃhamiva saṃkruddhaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam| sarpa suptamaho buddhvā prabodhayitumicchasi||

English Meaning

Alas! you wished to awake Rima, son to Daśaratha-knowing full well that le resembles an enraged lion or a sleeping serpeni.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)