Chapter 38 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 38.26

निवार्यमाणः सुहृदा मया भृशं प्रसह्य सीतां यति धर्षयिष्यसि। गमिष्यसि क्षीणबल: सबान्धवो यमक्षयं रामशरास्तजीवितः॥

nivāryamāṇaḥ suhṛdā mayā bhṛśaṃ prasahya sītāṃ yati dharṣayiṣyasi| gamiṣyasi kṣīṇabala: sabāndhavo yamakṣayaṃ rāmaśarāstajīvitaḥ||

English Meaning

I am your friend and do ask you again and again to desist (from your evil intention); if do you encroach upon Sītā surely shall you along with your kinsmen go to the abode of Yama being enfeebled by the arrows of Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)