Chapter 21 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 21.4

न मां प्रार्थयितुं युक्तस्त्वं सिद्धिमिव पापकृत्। अकार्यं न मया कार्यमेकपत्न्या विगर्हितम्॥

na māṃ prārthayituṃ yuktastvaṃ siddhimiva pāpakṛt| akāryaṃ na mayā kāryamekapatnyā vigarhitam||

English Meaning

Like to a sinner unworthy of praying for final emancipation, it dose not behove you to expect to come by me. Devoted to one husband I shall never perpetrate such an iniquitous act.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)