Chapter 47 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 47.22

त्वां तु काञ्चनवर्णाभां दृष्ट्वा कौशेयवासिनाम्। रति स्वकेषु दारेषु नाधिगच्छाम्यनिन्दिते॥

tvāṃ tu kāñcanavarṇābhāṃ dṛṣṭvā kauśeyavāsinām| rati svakeṣu dāreṣu nādhigacchāmyanindite||

English Meaning

O you of blameless beauty, seeing you of golden hue and wearing silk cloth I do not relish my own wives.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)