Chapter 36 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 36.12

ततस्तयोरपाये तु शून्ये सीतां यथासुखम्। निराबाधो हनिष्यामि राहुश्चन्द्रप्रभामिव ॥

tatastayorapāye tu śūnye sītāṃ yathāsukham| nirābādho haniṣyāmi rāhuścandraprabhāmiva ||

English Meaning

When they shall have departed, I shall carry off from the empty asylum, Sītã without let, like Rāhu depriving the Moon of his splendour.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)