Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.44

यावन्न ते व्यतिक्रामेत् तावद् सुखमवाप्नुहि। उद्यानानि च रम्याणि पर्वतोपवनानि च॥ सह राक्षसराजेन चर त्वं मदिरेक्षणे। स्त्रीसहस्राणि ते देवि वशे स्थास्यन्ति सुन्दरि॥ रावणं भज भर्तारं भर्तारं सर्वरक्षसाम्।

yāvanna te vyatikrāmet tāvad sukhamavāpnuhi| udyānāni ca ramyāṇi parvatopavanāni ca|| saha rākṣasarājena cara tvaṃ madirekṣaṇe| strīsahasrāṇi te devi vaśe sthāsyanti sundari|| rāvaṇaṃ bhaja bhartāraṃ bhartāraṃ sarvarakṣasām|

English Meaning

And so long as your youth dose not fade, do you pass your days happily, O you having inebriate eyes, with the lord of Rākşasas, in picturesque gardens, and mountain forests. Do you take, O fair damsel, Ravana, the lord of the Rākşasas, for your husband, and thousands of females shall be placed at your service.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)