Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.38

अथवा नहि तस्यार्थो धर्मकामस्य धीमतः। मया रामस्य राजर्षेर्भार्यया परमात्मनः॥

athavā nahi tasyārtho dharmakāmasya dhīmataḥ| mayā rāmasya rājarṣerbhāryayā paramātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

Or that highly intelligent royal ascetic desirous of securing piety and freed from the troubles of life, has no need of a wife like me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)