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)