Chapter 42 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 42.8

प्रलोभयित्वा वैदेहीं यथेष्टं गन्तुमर्हसि । तां शून्ये प्रसभं सीतामानयिष्यामि मैथिलीम्॥

pralobhayitvā vaidehīṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gantumarhasi | tāṃ śūnye prasabhaṃ sītāmānayiṣyāmi maithilīm||

English Meaning

Enchanting Vaidehī you shall wend your way and away shall I carry the daughter of the king of Mithilā by force (when there shall be neither Rāma nor Laksmana by her.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)