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)