Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.7

स्वयं तु भार्यां कौमारी चिरमध्युषितां सतीम्। शैलूष इव मां राम परेभ्यो दातुमिच्छसि॥

svayaṃ tu bhāryāṃ kaumārī ciramadhyuṣitāṃ satīm| śailūṣa iva māṃ rāma parebhyo dātumicchasi||

English Meaning

Do you, like to an ordinary actor, wish to hand me over to others, who am chaste, pure as a virgin, and long held in conjugal affection?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)