Chapter 22 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 22.37

अकामां कामयानस्य शरीरमुपतप्यते॥ इच्छती कामयानस्य प्रीतिर्भवति शोभना।

akāmāṃ kāmayānasya śarīramupatapyate|| icchatī kāmayānasya prītirbhavati śobhanā|

English Meaning

Again he who desire for an unwilling dame burn his own person—and he who desire for a willing damsel, attain excess of delight.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)