Chapter 46 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 46.18

नैवंरूपा मया नारी दृष्टपूर्वा महीतले। रूपमग्यं च लोकेषु सौकुमार्यं वयश्च ते॥ इह वासश्च कान्तारे चित्तमुन्माथयन्ति मे। सा प्रतिकाम भद्रं ते न त्वं वस्तुमिहार्हसि ॥

naivaṃrūpā mayā nārī dṛṣṭapūrvā mahītale| rūpamagyaṃ ca lokeṣu saukumāryaṃ vayaśca te|| iha vāsaśca kāntāre cittamunmāthayanti me| sā pratikāma bhadraṃ te na tvaṃ vastumihārhasi ||

English Meaning

I had never seen before on this earth a damsel so beautiful as you. This your beauty the best on earth, your youth, your grace and your abode in the forest do agitate my mind. So it is well for you to come (with me); it does not behove you to remain here.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)