Chapter 73 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 73.59

स्वयंभुवा दत्तवरो महात्मा समाहितोऽन्तर्हितभीमकायः। कथं नु शक्यो युधि नष्टदेहो निहन्तुमद्येन्द्रजिदुद्यतास्त्रः॥

svayaṃbhuvā dattavaro mahātmā samāhito'ntarhitabhīmakāyaḥ| kathaṃ nu śakyo yudhi naṣṭadeho nihantumadyendrajidudyatāstraḥ||

English Meaning

That high-souled heedful one, having been given a boon by the self-sprung, has rendered his dreadful body invisible. How can we slay him, who is fighting with upraised weapons, but who has hid his body.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)