Chapter 37 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 37.18

न सा धर्षयितुं शक्या मैथिल्योजस्विनः प्रिया। दीप्तस्येव हुताशस्य शिखा सीता सुमध्यमा॥

na sā dharṣayituṃ śakyā maithilyojasvinaḥ priyā| dīptasyeva hutāśasya śikhā sītā sumadhyamā||

English Meaning

And young Sītā beloved of the mighty Rāma, and like to the rays of flaming fire is ever incapable of being carried away by you.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)