Chapter 18 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 18.16

सच कामपराधीनः पतिस्तासां महाबलः। सीतासक्तमना मन्दो मन्दाञ्चितगतिर्बभौ॥

saca kāmaparādhīnaḥ patistāsāṃ mahābalaḥ| sītāsaktamanā mando mandāñcitagatirbabhau||

English Meaning

And their might husband, brought under the control of amour and having his mind firmly attached to Şītā, proceeded slowly.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)