Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.20

यदि वा त्रिदिवे सीतां न द्रक्ष्यामि कृतश्रमः॥ बद्ध्वा राक्षसराजानमानयिष्यामि रावणम्। सर्वथा कृतकार्योऽहमेष्यामि सह सीतया॥ आनयिष्यामि वा लङ्कां समुत्पाट्य सरावणाम्।

yadi vā tridive sītāṃ na drakṣyāmi kṛtaśramaḥ|| baddhvā rākṣasarājānamānayiṣyāmi rāvaṇam| sarvathā kṛtakāryo'hameṣyāmi saha sītayā|| ānayiṣyāmi vā laṅkāṃ samutpāṭya sarāvaṇām|

English Meaning

If I do not see Sītā in heaven even after exerting myself, I shall bring Ravana, the ruler of Raksasas, in bondage. At anyway with success, I shall come with Sītā or then I shall bring Lankā uprooting it with Rāvana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)