Chapter 71 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 71.4

यदा छित्वा भुजौ रामस्त्वां दहेद् विजने वने॥ तदा त्वं प्राप्स्यसे रूपं स्वमेव विपुलं शुभम्। श्रिया विराजितं पुत्रं दनोस्त्वं विद्धि लक्ष्मण॥

yadā chitvā bhujau rāmastvāṃ dahed vijane vane|| tadā tvaṃ prāpsyase rūpaṃ svameva vipulaṃ śubham| śriyā virājitaṃ putraṃ danostvaṃ viddhi lakṣmaṇa||

English Meaning

You shall regain your stalwart and beautiful shape when you shall be burnt by Rāma in a dense forest having got your arms dissevered by him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)