Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.34

अयोनिजां हि मां ज्ञात्वा नाध्यगच्छत् स चिन्तयन्। सदृशं चाभिरूपं च महीपालः पति मम ॥

ayonijāṃ hi māṃ jñātvā nādhyagacchat sa cintayan| sadṛśaṃ cābhirūpaṃ ca mahīpālaḥ pati mama ||

English Meaning

Knowing me as unborn from any female vessel, the lord of earth reflecting upon it, could not come upon a suitable and fit husband for me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)