Chapter 87 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 87.28

निदर्शयित्वात्मबलं समुद्यतं कुरुष्व सर्वायुधसायकव्ययम्। न लक्ष्मणस्यैत्य हि बाणगोचरं त्वमद्य जीवन्सबलो गमिष्यसि॥

nidarśayitvātmabalaṃ samudyataṃ kuruṣva sarvāyudhasāyakavyayam| na lakṣmaṇasyaitya hi bāṇagocaraṃ tvamadya jīvansabalo gamiṣyasi||

English Meaning

Displaying you own prowess, do you spend all your weapons and all your shafts. But coming within the ken of Laksmana's arrows, your will not today go hence, living with your forces.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)