Chapter 47 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 47.33

पादपान् काञ्चनान् नूनं बहून् पश्यसि मन्दभाक्। राघवस्य प्रियां भार्यां यस्त्वमिच्छसि राक्षस॥

pādapān kāñcanān nūnaṃ bahūn paśyasi mandabhāk| rāghavasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ yastvamicchasi rākṣasa||

English Meaning

O you wretched Rākşasa, when you have desired to steal away Raghhava's beloved spouse, surely do you see these trees (before you) as made of gold.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)