Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.45

उत्पाट्य वा ते हृदयं भक्षयिष्यामि मैथिलि॥ यदि मे व्याहृतं वाक्यं न यथावत् करिष्यसि।

utpāṭya vā te hṛdayaṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi maithili|| yadi me vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ na yathāvat kariṣyasi|

English Meaning

If do you not follow, what I say, O Maithili, I shall taking out your heart, banquet on it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)