Chapter 9 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 9.4

अप्रमत्तं कथं तं तु विजिगीषु बले स्थितम्। जितरोषं दुराधर्षं तं धर्षयितुमिच्छथ॥

apramattaṃ kathaṃ taṃ tu vijigīṣu bale sthitam| jitaroṣaṃ durādharṣaṃ taṃ dharṣayitumicchatha||

English Meaning

But why do you intend to discomfit (Rāma), who is vigilant, who desire victory, who is strong in the Divine strength, who has subdued passion, and who is hard to subdue?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)