Chapter 80 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 80

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 80.38

तमुवाच ततो रामो लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्षणम्। नैकस्य हेतो रक्षांसि पृथिव्यां हन्तुमर्हसि ॥

tamuvāca tato rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam| naikasya heto rakṣāṃsi pṛthivyāṃ hantumarhasi ||

English Meaning

Thereupon Rāma spoke to Lakşmaņa, gifted with auspicious . marks, saying.-"It does not behove you to clear all the Rākşasas off the earth for the folly of one individual.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)