Chapter 21 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 21.5

कुलं सम्प्राप्तया पुण्यं कुले महति जातया। एवमुक्त्वा तु वैदेही रावणं तं यशस्विनी॥ रावणं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा भूयो वचनमब्रवीत्। नाहमौपयिकी भार्या परभार्या सती तव॥

kulaṃ samprāptayā puṇyaṃ kule mahati jātayā| evamuktvā tu vaidehī rāvaṇaṃ taṃ yaśasvinī|| rāvaṇaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā bhūyo vacanamabravīt| nāhamaupayikī bhāryā parabhāryā satī tava||

English Meaning

I am born in a high and have been married in a pious family. Having accosted Rāvana thus, the well-known Vaidehi, turning her back, again spake to him, saying. "I should not live with you since I am another's wife and chaste."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)