Chapter 17 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 17.19

विकृता च विरूपा च न सेयं सदृशी तव। अहमेवानुरूपा ते भार्यारूपेण पश्य माम्।।२६

vikṛtā ca virūpā ca na seyaṃ sadṛśī tava| ahamevānurūpā te bhāryārūpeṇa paśya mām||26

English Meaning

Deformed and unsightly, she is not worthy of you. I am fit for you. Do you look upon me as a wife.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)