Chapter 48 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 48.20

अपहृत्य शची भार्यां शक्यमिन्द्रस्य जीवितुम्। नहि रामस्य भार्यां मामानीय स्वस्तिमान् भवेत्॥

apahṛtya śacī bhāryāṃ śakyamindrasya jīvitum| nahi rāmasya bhāryāṃ māmānīya svastimān bhavet||

English Meaning

One can breathe on this earth carrying away Indra's wife, Śacī—but stealing me, the wife of Rāma, no body shall be able to live in peace.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)