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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.13

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

3.43.13

anivāryaṃ balaṃ tasya balair balavatām api
tribhir lokaiḥ samudyuktaiḥ seśvaraiḥ sāmarair api

His strength is irresistible, even by the forces of the mighty — even by the three worlds united, with their lords and their gods.

Words: anivāryaṃ — irresistible; balaṃ — strength; tasya — his; balair — by the forces; balavatām — of the mighty; api — even; tribhir — by the three; lokaiḥ — by the worlds; samudyuktaiḥ — united, joined together; seśvaraiḥ — with their lords; sāmarair — with their gods; api — even

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.