Chapter 20 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 20.4

मुहूर्ते भव सौमित्रे सीतायाः प्रत्यनन्तरः। इमानस्या वधिष्यामि पदवीमागतानिह॥

muhūrte bhava saumitre sītāyāḥ pratyanantaraḥ| imānasyā vadhiṣyāmi padavīmāgatāniha||

English Meaning

O Sumitrā's son, do you for a while guard Sītā. I shall slay these that have come to this asylum here.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)