Chapter 6 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 6.5

इदं तथ्यं मम वचस्त्वमवेहि च राघव। न शक्या सा जरयितुमपि सेन्द्रैः सुरासुरैः॥ तव भार्या महाबाहो भक्ष्यं विषकृतं यथा। त्यज शोकं महाबाहो तां कान्तामानयामि ते ॥

idaṃ tathyaṃ mama vacastvamavehi ca rāghava| na śakyā sā jarayitumapi sendraiḥ surāsuraiḥ|| tava bhāryā mahābāho bhakṣyaṃ viṣakṛtaṃ yathā| tyaja śokaṃ mahābāho tāṃ kāntāmānayāmi te ||

English Meaning

O Rāghava, know my words to be true. O mighty-armed one, like to poison, your wife is incapable of being digested even by the gods and Asuras with Indra (at their head). O mightyarmed one, leave off sorrow, I will bring back your beloved.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)