Chapter 74 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 74.19

अस्मिञ्जीवति वीरे तु हतमप्यहतं बलम्। हनूमत्युज्झितप्राणे जीवन्तोऽपि मृता वयम्॥

asmiñjīvati vīre tu hatamapyahataṃ balam| hanūmatyujjhitaprāṇe jīvanto'pi mṛtā vayam||

English Meaning

While this hero is alive, this force, albeit destroyed, live; but if Hanumān is reft of life, although living, we are destroyed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)