Chapter 66 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 66.18

निरायुधानां क्रमतामसङ्गगतिपौरुषाः। दारा ह्युपहसिष्यन्ति स वै घातः सुजीवताम्॥

nirāyudhānāṃ kramatāmasaṅgagatipauruṣāḥ| dārā hyupahasiṣyanti sa vai ghātaḥ sujīvatām||

English Meaning

You poltroons, if you fly away leaving your arms behind, your wives shall deride you; and that is more painful to honourable persons than death itself.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)