Chapter 21 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 21.16

अहमौपयिकी भार्या तस्यैव च धरापतेः। व्रतस्नातस्य विद्येव विप्रस्य विदितात्मनः॥

ahamaupayikī bhāryā tasyaiva ca dharāpateḥ| vratasnātasya vidyeva viprasya viditātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

Like the knowledge of one God monopolized by the Brāhmaṇas only, I am the spouse of that lord of earth only, cognisant of higher truths and marrying me according to the pious ceremonials.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)