Chapter 22 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 22.21

नापहर्तुमहं शक्या तस्य रामस्य धीमतः। विधिस्तव वधार्थाय विहितो नात्र संशयः॥

nāpahartumahaṃ śakyā tasya rāmasya dhīmataḥ| vidhistava vadhārthāya vihito nātra saṃśayaḥ||

English Meaning

You could not have ravished me in the presence of the highly intelligent Rāma. And undoubtedly for your destruction this has been brought about by God.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)