Chapter 18 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 18.4

एनं भज विशालाक्षि भर्तारं भ्रातरं मम। असपत्ना वरारोहे मेरुमर्कप्रभा यथा॥

enaṃ bhaja viśālākṣi bhartāraṃ bhrātaraṃ mama| asapatnā varārohe merumarkaprabhā yathā||

English Meaning

O you of expansive eyes, seek this brother of mine as your husband, even as the solar beam seeks Meru. (By doing so), You O supremely beautiful damsel, will not have to fear a co-wife.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)