Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.16

न मामन्येन संरब्धं प्रमत्तं वेद्भुमर्हसि। इति मे बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना बभूवार्दशने तव॥

na māmanyena saṃrabdhaṃ pramattaṃ vedbhumarhasi| iti me buddhirutpannā babhūvārdaśane tava||

English Meaning

Before I saw you I had thought within myself:-'Forsooth Rāma shall not destroy me, engaged as I am with another person and hence not prepared to fight with him.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)