Chapter 81 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 81

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 81.29

तामिन्द्रजित्त्रियं हत्वा हनूमन्तमुवाच ह। मया रामस्य पश्येमां प्रियां शस्त्रनिषूदिताम्।। एषा विशस्ता वैदेही निष्फलो वः परिश्रमः॥

tāmindrajittriyaṃ hatvā hanūmantamuvāca ha| mayā rāmasya paśyemāṃ priyāṃ śastraniṣūditām|| eṣā viśastā vaidehī niṣphalo vaḥ pariśramaḥ||

English Meaning

Slaying her Indrajit spoke to Hanumān,“Behold I have slain (before you) with my sword Rāma's beloved. And Vaidehi being thus slain, all your labours have been rendered useless."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)