Chapter 71 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 71.35

स राक्षसेन्द्रो हरियूथमध्ये नायुध्यमानं निजघान कंचित्। उत्पत्य रामं च धनु:कलापी सगर्वितं वाक्यमिदं बभाषे॥

sa rākṣasendro hariyūthamadhye nāyudhyamānaṃ nijaghāna kaṃcit| utpatya rāmaṃ ca dhanu:kalāpī sagarvitaṃ vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe||

English Meaning

In the midst of those bands of monkeys, that lord of Raksasas did not slay anyone without battle. And then springing up before Rāma, that one furnished with his bow and quiver, addressed him in haughty words, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)