Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.43

सीते राक्षसराजेन परिक्रीड यथासुखम्। जानीमहे यथा भीरु स्त्रीणां यौवनमध्रुवम्॥

sīte rākṣasarājena parikrīḍa yathāsukham| jānīmahe yathā bhīru strīṇāṃ yauvanamadhruvam||

English Meaning

Do you sport, O Sītā, at your pleasure, with the lord of the Rākşasas. We know, for certain, O timid damsel, that the youth of the females, is very transient.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)