Chapter 12 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 12.3

सा राक्षसानां प्रवरेण बाला स्वशीलसंरक्षणतत्परा सती। अनेन नूनं प्रति दुष्टकर्मणा हता भवेदार्यपथे परे स्थिता॥

sā rākṣasānāṃ pravareṇa bālā svaśīlasaṃrakṣaṇatatparā satī| anena nūnaṃ prati duṣṭakarmaṇā hatā bhavedāryapathe pare sthitā||

English Meaning

That girl solicitous for the preservation of her chastity, and staying in the prime path of virtuous woman, that chaste one has, for certain, been slain by this chief of the Rākṣasas, (ever) finding delight in iniquity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)