Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.18

मानुषे मानुषस्यैव भार्यात्वं बहु मन्यसे। प्रत्याहर मनो रामानैवं जातु भविष्यति॥

mānuṣe mānuṣasyaiva bhāryātvaṃ bahu manyase| pratyāhara mano rāmānaivaṃ jātu bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

O woman, you regardest highly to be the wife of a man. Do you turn back from Rāma-your desire shall never be satisfied.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)