Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.20

मानुषी मानुषं तं तु राममिच्छसि शोभने। राज्याद् भ्रष्टमसिद्धार्थं विक्लवन्तमनिन्दिते॥

mānuṣī mānuṣaṃ taṃ tu rāmamicchasi śobhane| rājyād bhraṣṭamasiddhārthaṃ viklavantamanindite||

English Meaning

You are a woman, O you of comely presence, and therefore dose your fancy cling to Rāma, O you of a blameless countenance, who is a man, deprived of his kingdom, overwhelmed with disasters and has his desires frustrated.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)