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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.20.32

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 20: Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort. He offers to overcome every obstacle by force, Rāma wipes away his tears but remains bound to the promise

In the sequence: he points to his weapons and promises to defeat anyone who intervenes

2.20.32

adya me 'straprabhāvasya prabhāvaḥ prabhaviṣyati
rājñaś cāprabhutāṃ kartuṃ prabhutvaṃ ca tava prabho

Today the might of me, whose might lies in my weapons, shall prevail—to make the king powerless and you, my lord, sovereign.

Words: adya — today; me — of me; 'straprabhāvasya — whose power is in weapons; prabhāvaḥ — the might, power; prabhaviṣyati — will prevail, take effect; rājñaś — of the king; cāprabhutāṃ — and powerlessness; kartuṃ — to make; prabhutvaṃ — sovereignty, lordship; ca — and; tava — your; prabho — O lord

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.