Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.23

न मानुषी राक्षसस्य भार्या भवितुमर्हति। कामं खादत मां सर्वा न करिष्यामि वो वचः॥

na mānuṣī rākṣasasya bhāryā bhavitumarhati| kāmaṃ khādata māṃ sarvā na kariṣyāmi vo vacaḥ||

English Meaning

A woman cannot be the wife of a Rākşasa. Eat me up if you will, I will never follow your words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)