Chapter 87 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 87.27

धर्षयित्वा च काकुत्स्थं न शक्यं जीवितुं त्वया। युध्यस्व नरदेवेन लक्ष्मणेन रणे सह।। हतस्त्वं देवताकार्य करिष्यसि यमक्षयम्॥

dharṣayitvā ca kākutsthaṃ na śakyaṃ jīvituṃ tvayā| yudhyasva naradevena lakṣmaṇena raṇe saha|| hatastvaṃ devatākārya kariṣyasi yamakṣayam||

English Meaning

Having smitten the Kākutstha, you cannot live. Fight with that man-god, Laksmana, in encounter. Being slain, you shall serve the deities in the abode of Yama.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)