Chapter 45 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 45.12

न्यासभूतासि वैदेहि न्यस्ता मयि महात्मना ॥ रामेण त्वं वरारोहे न त्वां त्यक्तुमिहोत्सहे।

nyāsabhūtāsi vaidehi nyastā mayi mahātmanā || rāmeṇa tvaṃ varārohe na tvāṃ tyaktumihotsahe|

English Meaning

O Vaidehī, you have been left to my charge by the high-souled (Rama)-I therefore do not dare leave you behind, O you the jewel of a damsel.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)