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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 43: Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā. He identifies the cry as deception, but her accusations overcome his resolve to stay and he departs toward Rāma

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa answers that no enemy can overcome Rāma and that the voice must be a rākṣasa's deception

3.43.11

dānaveṣu ca ghoreṣu na sa vidyeta śobhane
yo rāmaṃ pratiyudhyeta samare vāsavopamam

and among the fearsome dānavas, O fair one, there could be found no one who might fight against Rāma, the equal of Vāsava, in battle.

Words: dānaveṣu — among dānavas; ca — and; ghoreṣu — fearsome; na — not; sa — he, that one; vidyeta — could be found; śobhane — O fair one; yo — who; rāmaṃ — Rāma; pratiyudhyeta — could fight against; samare — in battle; vāsavopamam — the equal of Vāsava (Indra)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.