Chapter 55 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 55.17

दर्शने मा कृथाः बुद्धिं राघवस्य वरानने। कास्य शक्तिरिहागन्तुमपि सीते मनोरथैः ॥

darśane mā kṛthāḥ buddhiṃ rāghavasya varānane| kāsya śaktirihāgantumapi sīte manorathaiḥ ||

English Meaning

And, O you of a handsome countenance, do not wish for the sight of Rāghava. O Sītā, what power has he to come hither even in thought?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)